Overview
- Local and federal officers executed a search warrant in Needham on Monday night and took an unnamed suspect into custody.
- The 1st Judicial Circuit Special Response Team seized firearms, more than a suitcase of ammunition, body armor, and other items tied to plans for violence.
- Authorities say the threats targeted several synagogues in Alabama as well as locations in nearby states.
- Investigators report the suspect intended not to be taken alive and may have also planned attacks on public officials.
- The FBI credited the rapid multiagency response with preventing multiple violent acts, with federal charges likely and local counts such as resisting arrest expected.