PA D.A. Details Charges Against Arson Suspect Including Attempted Murder And Terrorism

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Fran Chardo, District Attorney of Dauphin County, details charges against the arson suspect who allegedly attacked the Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion.

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00:00We have as the Colonel indicated, Cody bomber is in custody. We are preparing a

00:06criminal complaint to charge him. This is not a record yet, but the charges will

00:11include attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson and aggravated assault

00:19against an enumerated person. These are all very serious charges as with any

00:24charges. The defendant is presumed innocent. We will file those charges

00:29within the next several hours and we will include a probable cause affidavit

00:34which will detail the basis for this arrest. I can't give you a lot of

00:41details because it won't be of record. I can only give you the charges, but the

00:46criminal complaint and the affidavit will detail that further this very day. I

00:52want to commend the Pennsylvania State Police, the Capitol Police and the

00:56other and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the other agencies

00:59that conducted this investigation. I was here this afternoon and witness the

01:05remarkable efforts. They did a great job in bringing this to a swift

01:10conclusion. And I'll tell you that they do this in every case that I worked

01:14with them on, not just cases involving the governor. In every case, we are

01:21blessed to have great law enforcement agencies that work diligently in cases

01:26involving serious violence. As I say, we're going to file that criminal

01:30complaint shortly and you will have that complaint will speak for itself along

01:35with a there'll be a booking photograph that will be available later today. We

01:40don't have that yet available and we're glad to take any questions.

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