(MOBILE, Ala.) Jan.26 - Mobile police sources tell NBC 15 News they've arrested a man believed to be a domestic terrorist. The investigation began January 5, when a local synagogue was spray painted with Nazi markings. Mobile Police are not making an official comment yet, but sources within the department say they got a very dangerous man off the streets, just in time.
Words of hate were spray-painted all over the Congregation Tree of Life synagogue three weeks ago. They are markings that shocked its congregation. Member Barbara Morgan couldn't believe it.
"When we first came up to the building, it was 'Oh my goodness, who could do this?'" Morgan said. "Who hates us so much that they would want to deface the building?"
Sources within the Mobile Police Department say the culprit was a domestic terrorist. They say the markings were not a joke.
Police sources tell us they when investigators arrested their man, they found bombs inside his home, and during questioning, he refused to talk. Sources say his motives extended way beyond spray-painting Nazi markings.
NBC 15 News went to the home where sources say the suspect lives. His father answered the door and refused to comment. "We don't have anything to say," he said.
NBC 15 News is not naming the man because police are not confirming his identity. However, according to jail records, this man was arrested last Thursday for possession of explosives and criminal mischief.
