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"Wannabe" Terrorist Threatened to Attack Mall With Grenades; Now Indicted

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"Wannabe" Terrorist Threatened to Attack Mall With Grenades; Now Indicted

CHICAGO/ROCKFORD, IL: A 22-year-old Rockford man with an ambition to become a terrorist has been arrested by federal authorities on allegations that he planned to set off grenades in garbage cans in a mall in Rockford.

Derrick Shareef, of Rockford, was arrested on Wednesday by FBI agents from the Chicago Joint Terrorism Task Force, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

He was apprehended after meeting with an undercover agent in a Rockford store parking lot to trade a set of stereo speakers for four hand grenades and a handgun, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

Shareef was charged with one count of count of attempting to damage or destroy a building by fire or explosion and one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, authorities said.

Breaking News continues at: http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_342121223.html

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An affidavit in the case, from an FBI agent, can be found at: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1208061shareef1.html

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