In a 2012 bankruptcy, Sayoc said he was single and lived with his mother in Aventura. "Nowadays, the world we live in, you don't know who your neighbors are." "It's crazy," Joel Namad, a resident of Biscayne Cove, said Friday afternoon. Residents there said they don't know Sayoc and have not seen the van that was shown on televisions. Sayoc is said to be connected to an apartment in the complex' Clipper building. He described Sayoc's mother as a nice woman who has worked hard for the building.
The man said he did not know the former board president had a son, but received phone calls about Sayoc this morning. CNN said he had ties to the New York area.Īt Biscayne Cove, a gated community with two buildings, resident who did not want to be named said Sayoc's mother lives there and served as president of the condo board until December 2017. NBC news reported Sayoc appears to have owned dry cleaning and catering businesses, citing public records, but did not say where. Sayoc is a registered Republican, voter records show. Investigators covered the vehicle with a blue tarp. Live video from a WPLG-TV Channel 10 news helicopter showed federal agents examining a white van that appeared to be covered in pro-Donald Trump and right wing stickers. Miami Station WFOR-TV Channel 4 reported a “loud explosion” was heard at the time of the arrest, possibly from an FBI flash bomb device. CBS News said authorities were led to the man partly through DNA evidence He was being questioned by FBI agents with the Joint Terrorism Task Force. at the AutoZone store at 801 South State Road 7 in Plantation, about 9 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The Miami Herald reported that the man was arrested at about 10 a.m. "We must never allow political violence to take place in America." "These terrorists acts are despicable and have no place in our country," Trump said. President Donald Trump decried the attacks during a mid-day gathering at the White House.
asking people to avoid the area of State Road 7 and Southwest Sixth Street because of "police activity." It said several roads were closed and likely would be for three hours. Plantation police posted on Twitter at about 10:45 a.m. at the department's Washington headquarters. She said a news conference was set for 2:30 p.m.
Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Flores said in an 11 a.m. "I can confirm one person is in custody," U.S. He faces up to 58 yrs.Īuthorities on Friday morning surrounded a southwest Broward County auto-parts store and were questioning a man in connection with this week's mailings of pipe bombs to politicians, media outlets and celebrities that appeared aimed at critics of President Donald Trump, several national media outlets were reporting.Īt about noon, outlets identified the man as Cesar Sayoc Jr., 56, of Aventura in northern Miami-Dade County.Ĭourt records show Sayoc was charged with shoplifting in Palm Beach County in 2015. He is charged with five federal crimes, including interstate transportation of explosives and illegal mailings and threats. UPDATE: In a press conference, authorities confirm Cesar Sayoc of South Florida is the man arrested in connection with the mailings.