Floyd Ray Roseberry, 49, of North Carolina has been charged with multiple crimes by federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C. over the Thursday morning bomb threat incident at the U.S. Library of Congress.
Floyd Ray Roseberry,49, of North Carolina has been charged with multiple crimes by federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C. over the Thursday morning bomb threat incident at the U.S. Library of Congress. The defendant is alleged to have driven his truck onto the public sidewalk in front of the library whereafter he claimed to have a bomb in his possession. This alleged show of force and threat of force prompted a standoff with U.S. Capitol Police that went into the late afternoon. By 4:30 p.m. EST, police noted that the truck had been “cleared” and that previous travel restrictions were no longer in effect. As it turned out, there was, in fact, not a bomb. According to federal prosecutors, Roseberry “had reportedly claimed to have a bomb and a detonator in his possession” and FBI agents responded to assist police with the threat by 9:45 a.m. The defendant “was located inside of a black Chevrolet pick-up truck with no license plates that was parked at First Street and Independence Avenue, Northeast, in Washington, D.C., adjacent to the Jefferson Building of the Library of Commerce,” an eight-page criminal complaint and arrest warrant obtained by Law&Crime alleges–adding that Roseberry can be seen in an accompanying photograph where he “appears to be holding a cellular phone.
