5 Charges Dropped in IRA Explosives Case
A judge has thrown out five of the six charges against a man accused of conspiring to ship explosives detonators to the Irish Republican Army.
U.S. District Judge John Roll dismissed all but one charge against Patrick Moley, 30, at the close of the prosecution’s case against him and five other co-defendants Thursday. Roll rejected a defense motion to dismiss charges against the other five defendants.
Moley still faces a conspiracy charge for allegedly aiding in the purchase of 2,900 mining detonators in Tucson in 1989 and attempting to purchase a $50,000 Stinger missile and several sniper rifles in Florida.
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