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Timothy Mcveeigh Fraud Case

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Seeking revenge against the government, Timothy McVeigh knowingly, intentionally, willfully and maliciously carried out the deadliest act of domestic terrorism within the United States history. McVeigh and Nichols planned a violent act against the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and its occupants. McVeigh attempted to recruit others to assist in the act of violence. On September 22, 1994, McVeigh rented a storage unit in Herington, Kansas using the name of Shawn Rivers. On September 30, 1994, McVeigh and Nichols purchased forty fifty-pound bags of ammonium nitrate in McPherson, Kansas under the name of Mike Havens (Fox News, 2001). In late September 1994, McVeigh made telephone calls in an attempt to obtain detonation cord and racing fuel. …show more content…

40. On December 16, 1994, while in route to Kansas to take possession of firearms stolen in the Arkansas robbery, McVeigh drove with Michael Fortier to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and identified the building as the target. In early 1995 firearms stolen in the Arkansas, robbery was sold following Nichols' return from the Philippines. McVeigh, Nichols and Michael Fortier obtained money from those sales. On February 9, 1995, Nichols used cash to pay for the continued usage of storage unit No. 40 at Council Grove, Kansas in the name of Joe Kyle. McVeigh obtained a driver's license in the name of Robert Kling with the date of birth of April 19, 1972, on March 1995. This was the date the attack was carried out. On April 14, 1995, McVeigh purchased a 1977 Mercury Marquis in Junction City, Kansas with cash. On April 14, 1995, McVeigh contacted the Nichols residence in Herington, Kansas from Junction City, Kansas regarding the plan. On April 14, 1995, McVeigh called a business using the name Bob Kling in Junction City pertaining to renting a truck capable of carrying 5,000 pounds of cargo. On April 14, 1995, McVeigh paid for with cash a room he rented at a motel in Junction City, …show more content…

On April 18, 1995, at Geary Lake State Park in Kansas, McVeigh and Nichols constructed an explosive truck bomb. They utilized barrels filled with a mixture of ammonium nitrate, fuel, and other explosives. Each item was placed in the cargo compartment of the rental truck. On the morning of April 19, 1995, McVeigh drove toward Oklahoma City at around 7 a.m. While wearing a T-shirt with a drawing of Abraham Lincoln and the words “SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS,” McVeigh arrives in Oklahoma City about 8:50 a.m. He drove the Ryder truck up North West 5th Street shortly before 9:00 a.m. McVeigh then parked the truck at a drop-off point in front of the Murrah Federal Building igniting two bomb fuses. He locked the truck and walked commonly toward a nearby YMCA building. At 9:02 A.M., the truck detonated a homemade high-powered bomb. The truck bomb exploded taking with it much of the Murrah Building and seriously damaging many buildings nearby. This horrific terrorist attack left 168 people dead, and over 500 injured. This attack included 19 children and infants which were in the building’s daycare center. McVeigh escaped the scene of the crime by fleeing in his yellow beat-up 1977 Mercury Marquis going north of the

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On April 19th 1995 the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed. The event killed 168 people including 19 children and injured 100 of others. This act of violence devastated the community of Oklahoma City. April 23rd 1995 President Clinton attended a memorial service for the victims.

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When Timothy McVeigh made the decision to blow up the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, he knew how he would design the explosives so unique that the investigators knew they were designed by someone with military experience. McVeigh did not work alone on this project as Terry Nichols spent time in prison for aiding in the destruction. It is sad to note that an innocent mother was standing close to McVeigh when the bomb went off; thereby, killing her mother and children. There was nothing she could do as McVeigh had already lit the detonator.

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On April 19, 1995, Timothy Mcveigh committed the most devastating terrorist attack at that time. This terrorist attack is known as the Oklahoma City Bombing which caused panic and chaos all over the United States. Early on that day, a Ryder truck containing a bomb made its way to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. This building was a United States Federal Government complex located in Oklahoma city, Oklahoma which included a day care center. Half of the building collapsed a couple seconds after the bomb which was located in the the truck denoted.

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Only hours after the deadly blast, McVeigh and a friend, Terry Nichols, were pulled over by the OK State Police for a license plate violation ("Timothy McVeigh Biography", 2016). McVeigh was arrested on that stop for carrying a concealed weapon; unbeknownst to the trooper of the heinous crime he had just committed ("Timothy McVeigh Biography", 2016). An eyewitness to the bombing led authorities to McVeigh who was charged just prior to being released from jail on his gun charges (“Oklahoma City Bombing", 2009). That same day, Nichols surrendered to authorities in Kansas (“Oklahoma City Bombing", 2009). At the sight of the bombing, parts of the Ryder truck were found and was traced back to the renter, Robert King, which was an alias used for McVeigh (Saferstein, 2011).

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Timothy McVeigh’s motives to attack the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma were his fascination with white supremacy, the tragedies at Ruby Ridge and Waco, Texas, and McVeigh thinking that his action was “patriotic”. One of McVeigh’s motives for bombing the Alfred P. Murrah building was his encounter in the military and his anger with government decisions. When McVeigh was a young boy, he was fascinated with weaponry and eventually went into the military as a U.S gunner. McVeigh later left the military and moved back to New

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