‘It makes you kind of scared’: Pipe bomb suspect’s Woodbridge neighbors stunned at arrest

‘It makes you kind of scared’: Pipe bomb suspect’s Woodbridge neighbors stunned at arrest

After the FBI arrested Brian J. Cole Jr. in Woodbridge, Virginia, in relation to the placing of two pipe bombs in D.C. on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack in 2021, neighbors in his quiet community expressed surprise at his involvement.

Cole was arrested late Thursday morning at his family’s home on Manor House Court off Minnieville Road and charged with transporting an explosive device across state lines and attempted malicious destruction by means of fire and explosive materials, the Justice Department said in a news release.

Cole is accused of placing two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic National Committees in D.C. on Jan. 5, 2021.

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