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Sat Nov 22, 2014, 03:32 AM Nov 2014

2 in Missouri Charged With Lying on Forms to Buy Guns Ahead of Grand Jury Decision

http://abcnews.go.com/US/missouri-charged-lying-forms-buy-guns-ahead-grand/story?id=27096024



Olajuwon Davis and Brandon Baldwin only faced those charges as of late Friday, but sources told ABC News that authorities were looking into whether they tried to acquire ready-made explosives and other weapons ahead of the decision, which is expected soon



http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/pair-suspected-trying-acquire-bombs-ferguson-protests-n254021


Federal law enforcement officials say two men arrested Friday, now held on gun charges, are suspected of trying to acquire pipe bombs with the intent of using them during protests in Ferguson, Missouri.

Two officials say the men claimed to have affiliations with the New Black Panther Party and were trying to acquire guns and explosives. When investigators heard about their plans, they placed the men under surveillance. "We wanted to see where this might go," one official said
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