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(AP) – The suspect, Faisal Shahzad, was identified by customs agents at John F. Kennedy International Airport and was stopped, according to officials who spoke to The Associated Press early Tuesday on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation. He had recently returned from a five-month trip to Pakistan, where he had a wife, but was not apparently headed back there, the officials said.
NEW YORK (NBC) – A US citizen, Faisal Shahzad, 30, was apprehended by Customs and Border Patrol agents at the Queens international airport at 11:45 p.m. at Terminal 4, while trying to board a plane to Dubai, presumably to escape the manhunt that has been on since Saturday night, law enforcement sources said.
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(The Hartford Courant) – The suspect, identified as Faisal Shahzad, was picked up at John F. Kennedy International Airport just before midnight and is being held in New York. He is a Pakistani who recently returned from a trip to that country.
The Nissan Pathfinder left to explode in Times Square Saturday night belonged to a Bridgeport teenager until less than a week ago when she sold it to a man who contacted her through craigslist.
Sources familiar with the investigation said that the gray SUV was owned by Peggy Colas, a 19-year-old from Bridgeport. Investigators first spoke to her on Sunday when she told them she sold the car for $1,300 in cash to a man she described as being of either Hispanic or Middle Eastern descent.
A source said Colas told authorities that she met the man at a mall on April 28, only three days before the attempted bombing, and he gave her the cash and took the car.
Authorities tracked the man by an e-mail that he had sent her about purchasing the car. Authorities have said that the man who bought the car was from Connecticut. Colas could not be reached for comment Monday night.
But on her Facebook page she posted a message after being interviewed by investigators saying “OMG! I HAD A CRAZY DAY … IT’S OFFICIAL. I HAVE BAD LUCK. SMH I HOPE THEY FIND THAT BASTARD.” Besides craigslist, Colas posted an ad on nothingbutcars.net. In that ad, she described the Pathfinder as gray with 141,000 miles on it.
She further described it this way: “Recently fixed the alternator ($310.00)… It also has 2 new front tires.. the oil and spark plug has been changed recently, and it also has a new gas pump, and distributer. It does have some rust as you can see in the picture, but other than that it runs great!! $1,300 OBO.”
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It is not clear how a license plate belonging to another Bridgeport man’s Ford F-150 pickup truck ended up on the Pathfinder.
Sources said the license plate found on the Pathfinder belonged to a car owned by Elmo Jones, also of Bridgeport. Jones told authorities that he had taken his truck to Kramer’s Auto Body Shop in Stratford for repairs.
Authorities found Colas by tracing the history of the Pathfinder, which was sold in 2004 by Bridgeport car dealer Tony Manis. It is not clear when Colas purchased the Pathfinder.
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
