Prosecutor: Suspect in custody in MLK backpack bomb attempt - CNN.com: Authorities have a suspect in custody in connection with a backpack bomb found in January along a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade route in Spokane, Washington, according to Michael Ormsby, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Washington.
Ormsby told CNN that Kevin William Harpham, 36, of Colville, Washington, is scheduled to appear in court at 3:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. ET) Wednesday on charges of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and possession of an unregistered explosive device.
The weapon of mass destruction charge would carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, a $250,000 fine and up to five years of court supervision after release, prosecutors said. The unregistered explosive device charge would carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and up to three years of court supervision after release, they said.
