Trenton, NJ – Terror Bombing Suspect Moved From Hospital To Prison

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    Ahmad Khan Rahimi, left, appears via video from his hospital bed in Newark, N.J., during a court hearing at the Union County Courthouse, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Elizabeth, N.J. Rahami, accused of setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey in September, made his first court appearance on charges he tried to fatally shoot police officers trying to capture him.  (Union County Courthouse via AP, Pool)Trenton, NJ – A man accused of setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York, injuring more than 30 people, has been moved from a hospital to a state prison.

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    Ahmad Khan Rahimi was transferred to a state facility on Tuesday instead of a county jail for his safety and security, New Jersey Corrections Department spokesman Matt Schuman said. Schuman would not identify the facility.

    The Afghan-born U.S. citizen had been hospitalized with gunshot wounds following a police shootout that led to his capture in Linden on Sept. 19.

    He remains held on $5.2 million bail.

    Rahimi, 28, has pleaded not guilty to five counts of attempted murder of a police officer and weapons offenses.

    During a video court appearance on Oct. 13, he was read his rights by Judge Regina Caulfield and answered “yes” in a faint voice to a series of questions.

    He is accused of detonating a pipe bomb along the route of a scheduled Marine Corps charity race in the New Jersey shore town of Seaside Park and a pressure cooker bomb in New York City on Sept. 17. No one was injured in the New Jersey blast, and 31 people were hurt in the New York blast. A second pressure cooker bomb did not explode.

    Rahimi has not made court appearances on federal charges in either state.


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