I never heard a single follow up on this story

http://old.savannahnow.com/stories/051602/LOCsoldierarrest.shtml

Fort Stewart soldier jailed in Florida on $5 million bond

Police believe soldier tried to plant explosive device at power plant.

Web posted Thursday, May 16, 2002

Jacksonville, Fla., police arrested a Fort Stewart soldier Saturday after finding him armed, wearing black clothes and leaving a power plant where he allegedly left an explosive.

Spc. Derek Lawrence Peterson, 27, is being held on a $5 million bond by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Department of Corrections. He has been charged with attempting to detonate an explosive device. snip

The officer searched Peterson's truck and found a 12-inch knife, a six-inch knife, a 12-gauge shotgun, shotgun shells, .45-caliber bullets, four ammo magazines, a six-volt battery, duct tape, speaker wire and plastic from an explosive device, the report said.

After being informed of his rights, wrote arresting officer D.F. Valiante, "the suspect advised me that he was on the power plant property to practice recon tactics."

Police followed footprints on a dirt road at the power plant and found an explosive device underneath the power lines, the report said.

to check to see if the Sheriff has a "Who's in jail?" function on his website.

do you spose the cops got a call from somebody and released the subject without seeing a judge? Therefore no more reports?

From the facts you have presented, that's what I would project.

Actually, it makes me happy. Maybe they are doing something about homeland security. Just secretly.

to my inmate search of their website...

Here's a long recount of all the events, with a "government is hiding stuff" slant: http://www.mlrmag.com/FullText.asp?year=02&month=11&day=10

Here's a quote from the followup article included in that long rant:
JACKSONVILLE, Fl - A Fort Stewart soldier who placed a small explosive near a local power plant last month is out on probation.

Derek Peterson has been released from jail after pleading no contest.

He's been sentenced to 18 months probation and ordered to have a psychiatric evaluation.

According to the state attorney's office, there was no malicious intent in his actions.

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Probably another over-reaction by the media. Sounds like some guy stole a small explosive device from the military, planned to set if off in the middle of a road (it was on power company land but not near anything), chickened out, and was arrested leaving the scene.

I imagine the military's discipline was a lot more severe, for stealing an explosive.

Kirk Humphreys


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Welcome back to the BuzzFlash.com GOP Hypocrite of the Week.

Every once in a while, we like to honor minor stage players in the tragic farce of the Grand Hypocrisy Party. That is why this week we are honoring former GOP Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys.

You see Humphreys helped get one Charles Alfred Dreyling Jr. out on bail after he was caught trying to board an airplane with a bomb.

So, for Republicans, if you’re non-white and named Mohammed and you try to board an airplane with a bomb, you get rendered to Egypt or Syria where you summarily get tortured, right? But, apparently, if you come from red state Republican land, you are, according to Humphreys, absolved of any wrongdoing.

''He had a little explosive device," Humphreys said of Dreyling, "and boys like to see things go bang.... I have every confidence that they'll find out Charlie Dreyling is a fine young man and no terrorist."

Really?

According to the bomb-maker's affidavit, "Dreyling said he learned as a teenager how to build homemade explosives from Web sites like 'The Anarchist's Cook Book.' Dreyling said he has built and detonated several explosive devices for recreational purposes.”

So, now, thanks to the intervention of Oklahoma bigwig Republican Humphreys, Dreyling is back out on the streets once again making bombs just for the fun of it.

More:
http://www.gophypocrites.com/2005/08/hyp05034.html