Profiles
Michael Curtis Reynolds
| Charge Date: | Tue Oct. 3, 2006 |
| Investigation Type(s): | Agent Provocateur, Informant, Sting |
| Charges: | Criminal solicitation, Explosives, Firearms violations, Material support for terrorists |
| Outcome: | Found guilty |
| Convictions: | Criminal solicitation, Explosives, Firearms violations, Material support for terrorists |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Alleged Affiliation: | Al Qaeda |
| Description: | Reynolds, an unemployed man who lived with his mother, had online discussions with a person he believed was an Al Qaeda operative. It was in fact Shannen Rossmiller, a former municipal judge in Montana and self-described "citizen terrorist-hunter" who was working as an FBI informant. Reynolds believed Rossmiller would help him get $40,000 to buy trucks to blow up oil refineries in New Jersey and Wyoming and part of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison. |
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