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$50,000
REWARD BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION REGARDING BOMBING OF
FBI AGENT'S MAILBOX
John
E. Lewis, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
in Oklahoma, and Oscar Villanueva, Inspector in Charge, United States
Postal Inspection Service, Southwest Division, announced the reward for
information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the
individuals responsible for a possible domestic terrorism act against
an FBI Agent has been increased to $50,000.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is matching the $25,000 reward being
offered by the FBI. Today, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service has began
distributing approximately 18,000 information flyers to residents in McAlester
and surrounding areas.
At approximately 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, May 4, a homemade explosive device
was detonated in the mailbox of an FBI Agent assigned to the McAlester
Resident Agency. The mailbox was located in a rural area east of McAlester
in Pittsburg County.
The McAlester Resident Agency of the FBI has conducted several high profile
investigations in the past eighteen months. Those investigations include
Drug Trafficking, Public Corruption, Civil Rights, and White Collar Crime.
Anyone with information regarding the individuals responsible for this
crime should contact the McAlester FBI Office at (918) 423-1413, the Oklahoma
City FBI Office at (405) 290-7770 (24 hour number), or the U.S. Postal
Inspection Service at (405) 553-6511. You may remain anonymous.
The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are offering a reward up to
$50,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction
of the individuals responsible for the May 4 bombing of the FBI Agent's
mailbox.
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