A man with a criminal record — he was out on probation — has been taken into custody in connection with the incident in Grand Chute, the Appleton (Wisc.) Post-Crescent reports:
Police say they have identified the person who placed a homemade explosive device that went off Sunday and damaged Planned Parenthood’s Gillett Street clinic.
Police said today they identified the man after reviewing surveillance footage.
The man was booked into the Outagamie County Jail on Monday evening on a probation violation. No charges have yet been referred to prosecutors. . . .
Police say a witness saw a white sport-utility vehicle leave Planned Parenthood at the same time flames were seen coming from the building.
Detectives corroborated that information through security video, which also showed distinctive markings on the vehicle.
Investigators learned a similar vehicle was involved in a crash in a neighboring community after the Planned Parent incident was reported and was towed from the scene. . . .
UPDATE: The same information is reported by Green Bay’s WLUK-TV, but no name of the suspect yet. If we have any readers in Wisconsin — especially Outagamie County — who can help provide information in the comments, your assistance would be appreciated.
UPDATE II: The Green Bay Press Gazette runs the same story as the Appleton paper (both are part of the Gannett chain) and still no name of the suspect anywhere online?
UPDATE III: Just spoke to Sharon Froberg, an assistant editor at the Appleton Post-Crescent, who says their policy is not to name suspects until they have been charged. Their cops reporter is working to track down the suspect’s age, etc., and also to find out what he was on probation for, Ms. Froberg says. The newspaper’s staff have noticed the increased traffic to their site and are working to update the story as soon as possible.
UPDATE IV: Here is the manifest of inmates currently held at the Outagamie County Jail, which lists the following male inmates booked into the jail since 7 p.m. Sunday:
BASTIAN, FREDERICK DANIEL M W 4/2/2012 2:32:00 PM
BELGUM, JUSTIN JAMES M W 4/1/2012 7:55:00 PM
COOPER, JEREMY MICHAEL M I 4/3/2012 12:47:00 PM
FELTON, TIMOTHY DWAYNE M B 4/2/2012 5:05:00 PM
GRADY, FRANCIS GERALD M W 4/3/2012 1:19:00 AM
JACKELS, ROBERT LEE M W 4/2/2012 10:12:00 PM
JOHNSON, TROY LEON M W 4/3/2012 12:32:00 PM
KHATIB, KAMEL MOHAMED M A 4/2/2012 1:30:00 PM
LESKO, ROBERT WYATT M W 4/2/2012 10:35:00 AM
ROBINSON, ANDREW ALEXANDER M B 4/2/2012 12:16:00 PM
SIRTOFF, SCOTT JAMES M W 4/3/2012 12:21:00 PM
STAPLES, SIDNEY SCOTT M B 4/2/2012 3:19:00 PM
TODOROV, HRISTO RUMENOV M W 4/2/2012 12:15:00 PM
VANCE, CHARLES ADRIEN M W 4/2/2012 6:50:00 PM
VANDENBERG, RANDY JOSEPH M W 4/2/2012 12:26:00 PM
So it would seem the suspect must be one of the 15 names on this list.
UPDATE V: An Associated Press story repeats what we already know, and there is this additional tidbit at Huffington Post:
Police located the suspect on Sunday night and have detained him at Outagamie County Jail. They did not release details about his age or appearance and said no charges have been filed.
UPDATE VI: This is perhaps as good a time as any to remind readers that I first became aware of this crime while watching Ed Schultz on MSNBC depict it as part of the Republican “War on Women.”
Because we do not yet know the name of the suspect, nor any information about his motive, it is impossible at this point to say whether the alleged bomber is actually a Republican. Meanwhile, TPM Muckraker notes the mystery surrounding the unnamed man:
Authorities have not released many details of the person they arrested except to say he was a man and was currently being held in a local jail on a probation violation. They stopped short of calling him a suspect in the bombing.
Uh, yeah. Hasn’t been charged, but they say he and his SUV with “distinctive markings” match video at the crime scene. Call me crazy, but I’ve got a hunch maybe the perp’s not a Republican.
UPDATE VII: Now a Memeorandum thread. I’ll be looking forward to the “Republican War on Women” update on MSNBC tonight.
UPDATE VIII: Wisconsin Radio Network interviews the police chief, and gets this: The suspect was involved in a crash in the nearby town of Kaukauna about an hour after the report of the incident at Planned Parenthood. The white SUV “had very distinctive markings,” said Grand Chute Police Chief Greg Peterson, and the suspect had “physical characteristics that were similar in nature . . . general physical characteristics” that matched the surveillance video at the Planned Parenthood office.
That Zimmerman sure gets around.
Or was this suspect just exposing himself? I can’t keep these stories straight anymore.
Well…as my late Great Aunt Millie used to say: ‘It’s a gay world’, so no one expects you to ‘get it straight anymore’.
I hear some people say “any port in a storm” …but they are mostly Democrats.
No offense to our gay conservative brother and sisters intended.
Hmmm, what are the chances? You’re second guy there got booked(or arrested?) 15 minutes after the firecracker went off at PP and then the white van “seen” driving off was involved in a fenderbender…and then the guy suspected was arrested for a parole violation????
Is this a new movie script for Die Hard or Lethal Weapon??? Or the Bourne Identity…
Do we have a pool going yet? I bet you can bet who I’d bet on from that list. Yeah, I’m profiling. So what? I bet on Mo.
I FOUND THE SECURITY VIDEO! Maybe it will help us identify the suspect on that list… http://youtu.be/ad4fagTyaM4
Now, Zilla, let’s not engage in any unsubstantiated speculation about the young rapper who performs under the stage name “Arabe.”
To me, the telltale bit of information is that the suspect was charged with a probation violation, i.e., he had a prior criminal history. What kind of criminal history does your typical Wisconsin Republican have?
But like I say, let’s not engage in any unsubstantiated speculation. All I’ve got is a hunch.
“but I’ve got a hunch maybe the perp’s not a Republican.”
Doesn’t matter what the facts are. Whatever makes a “good truth” narrative will be the story. And most people will believe it.
>i>What kind of criminal history does your typical Wisconsin Republican have?
Jaywalking while riding an elephant?
Sorry… apparent non sequitir there. It’s just I had this weird childhood recollection of riding an elephant — to the point I was convinced it was some sort of dream. When I finally asked my mom about it a few years back, she laughed and said we’d attended some Young Republican function when I was about 4 or 5; and yes, all the kiddies were given elephant rides…
Just wait, Brian. If my hunch is right, the narrative is about to shift so fast it’ll make your neck hurt just watching.
There are probably dozens of Kamel Khatibs in the greater Appleton area. 😉
What kind of criminal history does your typical Wisconsin Republican have?
DUIs?
Another (potential) scoop by RSM.
But even if you are right, will Tabitha Hale care? Noooooooooooooo, Tabitha Hale never cares.
Who’d have thought other countries were less PC than the USA?
I denounce myself for laughing.
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I’d lay odds it’s the Muslim …
Is there a Debbie Wasserman Schultz connection?
I’m betting on the guy whose name rhymes with Molotov. Perhaps Putin didn’t like Romney’s remarks last week.
So what’s the big secret there, Outagamie County? Why so shy?
This is obviously George Bush’s fault.
Thank God your Mom set you straight; when you started mentioning the ‘dream’ thing, I though you had morphed into Anamika!
Selling moldy cheese?
Better ask the Troglopundit.
What did Stacy ever do to you?
More like a weaker Donald Westlake movie. Hot Rock 2: Abortion Boogaloo…
“POOMF”… it just never gets old…
This is beginning to sound like what Tim Blair of the Aussie Telegraph calls “MONA” syndrome (Men Of No Appearance), where the craven press is so afraid of being politically incorrect, or worse, raaaaaacist, that they can’t even publish descriptions of suspects the police say they’re looking for. Almost always used when Muslim men are involved.
We could get Meghan McCain to read it to her …
Nothing like film of a jihadi work accident to brighten even the gloomiest day!
Francis Gerald Grady according to TPM. http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/04/man_arrested_in_connection_with_planned_parenthood.php
Where oh where is Wisconsin’s Sheriff Dupnik to shed light and clarity on this situation?!?
What’s wrong with profiling?
These sorts of thing are much more fun if as many people as possible engage in unsubstantiated or better yet reckless speculation.
On a serious note if the perp were a republican or especially a conservative the whole world would know by now.
…their policy is not to name suspects until they have been charged.
Whokayyyfine.
So, is probation violation a chargeable offense?
So Khatib only supplied the explosives?
Good work.
Thank goodness my abortion days were over about 50 years ago.
I’m chiming in after the list of 15 people booked in to the County Jail.
One of these things is not like the others; one of these things just doesn’t belong….
And it’s not a Republican, right-wing, fundamentalist Christian.
Oh, yes. I’m going to relish this one.
What has happened to Anamika? Do you know?
Suspect: Francis Gerald Grady from Brilion, WI
A fine Irish name, that!
I think they’ve had to limit internet access at the asylum again.
It works.
Hey, I’m all for mocking Team Tabby for flagrant effrontery, but such torture seems extreme.
“Distinguishing marks” on that SUV… hmmm…. I’m guessing these consist about 20 bumper stickers like “Coexist”, “War Is Not The Answer”, “Free Tibet”, “1.20.09 End of an Error”, “2O12”, etc.
The Might Wombaticus may have swung the Ban Hammer.
His name is Francis Gerald Grady from Billion, WI and his priors include bad checks and a driving after revocation.