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Suspect in Attempted Bombing of Colorado Mall Had Just Been Freed From Prison

Suspect in Attempted Bombing of Colorado Mall Had Just Been Freed From Prison
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — The man authorities say is suspected of carrying out an apparent attempted bombing at a Colorado mall had been released from prison a week earlier.

The FBI said Sunday that agents are looking for Earl Albert Moore after Wednesday’s fire at Southwest Plaza Mall, about two miles from the school where 13 people were killed 12 years ago. Federal Bureau of Prisons records show that Moore, 65, was released from prison April 13.

FBI spokesman Dave Joly said Moore served time in a Georgia federal prison for bank robbery. Additional details were not immediately available.

Authorities said they discovered a pipe bomb and two propane tanks in a hallway of the mall’s food court after firefighters responded to a fire. The explosives, which did not detonate, were found after the fire in the hallway prompted an evacuation of the mall. No one was injured.

Moore has an extensive criminal record and should be considered dangerous, federal officials said. Colorado Bureau of Investigation records shows several arrests dating to 1984. He was arrested for possession of dangerous drugs, theft, and possession of burglary tools.

Moore has used at least seven aliases that include variations of the names Earl Albert Buchannan, Donald Charles Morelli and Gary Steele, according to state arrest records.

Investigators have exhausted all leads locally and have put out an alert to every FBI office the country, FBI spokesman Dave Joly said.

“Last time we knew where he was locally was around noon Wednesday at the mall,” he said, referring to the previously released surveillance photos. The photos show a man believed to be Moore riding a public bus leaving the mall the night before the fire. Other photos showed the suspect carrying a plastic shopping bag while riding an escalator.

Moore is described as being between 6 feet and 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing about 200 to 225 pounds. He’s bald with blue eyes and a grey mustache and has a tattoo of a Viking on each of his arms.

Comments (35)

  • WASP
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 8:58pm

    On a whole, our prison system is an utter failure. Recitdivism rates are up. I wonder what the Chicoms will do with our prisoners once they assume control over the USA? I suspect our inmates will expect a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card, and go about their thieving ways. My guess is that the Chicoms will convert them into Soylent Green cookies. Yummy.

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  • vitaminb6b12
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 3:09pm

    Moore has an extensive criminal record and should be considered dangerous, federal officials said. Colorado Bureau of Investigation records shows several arrests dating to 1984. He was arrested for possession of dangerous drugs, theft, and possession of burglary tools.

    What the Heck!!!???!!!!

    Where is this guys motive?
    What does this have to do with a bunch of whacked out kids who decided to shoot up a school 12 years ago?

    Something stinks!!! I smell a false flag rat!

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  • jackibutterfly
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 2:41pm

    @yathink
    Yea, but that’s when we had God. I’m not so sure now. We HAVE to unite UNDER GOD!!!

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  • Ronko
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 12:59pm

    More flaws in the US criminal system. How this guy manage to get out early and have a light sentence is beyond me. He must’ve had a Democrat Judge who let him off lightly.

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 9:25am

    Must be the water in Colorado causing these weird national tragedies. Back here in Wisconsin the only weird thing we do is use dead people for food or furniture.

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  • mtlmusic
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 9:01am

    We will end up coming to these conclusion… Punish evil hard… Profile… Protect America… and screw political correctness.. THe quicker we get there, the free-er we will be..

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  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:14am

    another Van Jones jailed pupil. Moore tries to kill innocent people for his stupid mistakes in life, he is mad at the system that put him there,but not mad at himself for breaking the law in the first place. the left has taught our kids that breaking the law and dis obedience is okay , remember the two young girls who stole money from the girl scout ,they said that they liked money and they seen nothing wrong in taking what was not theirs, this is what is wrong with America, the left love people and kids like this ,we need the parents to step up and start raising their kids themselves instead of a bunch of left wing communist nut jobs, these kids are our future, they will have to take care of us when we are older, man i just don’t see it, they have been taught that they are as Van Jones said { they are gods} and not to trust anyone one over 30. i hope and pray that they turn on the ones who are teaching them this crap and i really hope they are smart enough to figure out that people like Van Jones and the other nut jobs are over 30 and will not trust them. please people we must save our youth,and we will save our country,lose them and it will be a hard fought battle for freedom. now as for this idiot Moore, someone please find him quickly,and just kill him and save the taxpayers the money on a trail,he was willing to kill innocent people,so way waste time on him,he will never change,and he will continue to blame others for his stupidity .

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:59am

    was he let out early? come on with the details of his release.. If he was let out on time ok so he is insane and will go back to jail again.. if he was let out early why didnt they KNOW he is insane?

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    • commonsenseguy
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:17am

      @ladyizshy, he is not insane, he knew what he was doing,he knows right from wrong,he just wants to blame others for his stupidity. just another nut job that will kill for his on benefit or agenda,but not insane,

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  • Viking64
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:17am

    MSNBC is not clear on anything ,except their hate for anythng on the right, but them look at their base ! Enough said I think?

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  • Ricky A. Patriotson
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:17am

    this gives me gas.

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  • BoilitDown
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 1:49am

    MSNBC isn’t clear on how Sarah Palin incited this man to do these things. Please clarify.

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  • GeorgieJo
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 1:15am

    AND ANOTHER BIG WIN for the american JUSTICE SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!
    Ranchers aren’t SAFE on their OWN property
    Black Panther Party intimates voters—-they get off scott free
    Unions try to sway the vote in Wisconsin to elect a Demoratic Judge
    Does Al Sharpo still owe taxes?
    WHAT has happened to our great country?
    TSA pedophiles and they want to unionize?
    GOD help US ALL

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    • yathink
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:27am

      GOD will not help, if we don’t first Unite and help ourself. Now we have faced far worse with much higher odds and prevailed. We are Americans by GOD!

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    • Rillobymorning
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 11:24am

      And don’t forget GE getting off scott free without having to pay taxes on their multi million dollar profit. when you’re a cronie of Obama, you don’t have to pay taxes, no matter how rich you are.

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  • pwatkins
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 12:57am

    This is what we call rehabilitated in the US. Maybe he was set free for a purpose. I sure am glad but still wondering why no one can make a bomb to go off anymore. Wonder how long it will take the left to say he is an old white man that follows the Tea Party. He does seem to swing slightly to the left in my opinion. Maybe an old friend of Ayers.

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  • carnifex
    Posted on April 25, 2011 at 12:14am

    There is a zero recidivism rate for prisoners that are executed.

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  • aro5o75
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:48pm

    A Van Jones disciple?

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:45pm

    So this guy get out of prison less than two weeks ago and tries to kill people? several groups might like to recruit him— seiu, al quieda, afl-cio, muslim brotherhood. can we send him to gitmo?

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    • Miami
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:09am

      What makes you think he wasn’t already recruited in jail…?

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  • vtech61
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:43pm

    why am I not surprised?

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  • BonnieBlueFlag
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:42pm

    If he served his full sentence, there was nothing anyone could have done. If, however, he was released on parole by a parole board, they should be held accountable. Parole boards by their very mandate violate the sovereignty and sanctity of the jury. Without the jury, we have nothing.

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    • Vet with Vendetta
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 12:03am

      I hope they find the dirtbag

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    • Showtime
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 12:09am

      Sonnovagun! BonnieBlueFlag, I agree with you!

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 12:18am

      Moore has used at least seven aliases.
      Sounds like BO and all his SS numbers…Which is the real one???

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    • theonefromabove
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 2:15am

      It is always hard to know what people will do when released from prison.

      http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos

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    • Miami
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 5:36am

      Gee I wonder if he converted to Islam while in jail or some other Neo-Nazi group…?

      As jails have become nesting grounds for anti-American hate and almost a seemingly legal recruiting center for terrorist willing to attack the nation.

      Will the DOJ investigate this reality or just brush it under the rug…?

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    • toolmanss109
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:23am

      No parole in the Federal system. You serve what the judge says you serve.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:48am

      Maybe he will run and not stop when they yell, “Stop or we’ll shoot”. Sounds like the taxpayers have spent enough, to no avail, on this dirt bag. (But he had such a terrible childhood……..)

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    • neke
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 1:38pm

      The same article on Foxnews reports his sentencing was overturned at the Federal Appeals Level, due to excessive time. The judges felt the time he was sentenced to was excessive for the crimes he was convicted of.

      In other words the Liberal Judges on the Federal Appeals Court undermined the sentencing Judge and the Judaical System that found him guilty and sentenced him.

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  • TruthTalker
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 11:38pm

    Leave the man alone, he is just being a democrat without the support of the party.

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    • stewpid peapol suck
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 10:37am

      Let me be the first progressive to respond….You are all racists!!! If Bush wouldn’t have cut taxes for the rich, none of this would have happened….and the unions are trying to help the working man…

      It’s so easy being a progressive…you never have to have a rational thought…Come join the dark side…I think I just made myself a racist…

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:10pm

      Another white terrorist like Timothy McViegh. I guess we have to conclude, using Blaze logic, that all white people in the world are terrorists.

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