Suspected Mail Bomber Cesar Sayoc Apprehended

Cesar Altieri Sayoc has been arrested in connection with the suspicious packages that were sent across the country to high-profile Democratic politicians and liberal personalities, as well as to CNN’s headquarters in New York City. Sayoc was first named as the suspect by NY1’s Myles Miller. The 56 year old Sayoc is is a resident of Aventura, Florida and is originally from the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. He has a lengthy criminal record and a history of making violent threats against people he disagreed with. Sayoc was arrested in Plantation, Florida on October 26.

 According to NBC, Sayoc told federal investigators that he didn’t do it. CNN reported that Sayoc told investigators that the bombs wouldn’t have hurt anybody. He is now refusing to cooperate with the investigation. A lawyer representing Sayoc’s family called him  “mentally ill and insecure” and said that Sayoc’s mother had just learned about her son’s arrest from a hospital, where she is recovering from surgery. On the night before his arrest, Sayoc was working at Ultra Gentlemen’s Club in West Palm Beach, where he was the door host and DJ.

 On the afternoon of October 26, FBI director Christopher Wray told reporters that the pipe bombs in the suspicious packages were “not hoax devices.” He also said that Sayoc’s fingerprint had been found on a device that was put in a package and addressed to Maxine Waters. Wray also said that DNA found on two of the devices matched DNA samples that were collected from Sayoc during an earlier arrest. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says that Sayoc faces five felony charges. If convicted, he could spend 58 years in prison. You can read the full complaint against Sayoc here.

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