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| FBI investigating ballot box arson in Boston | ||
| 2020-10-26 | ||
| [WCBB] The Boston Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a man in connection with a fire that was set inside a ballot drop box in the city. Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin contacted U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling's office after he was notified of the incident Sunday morning. He is also calling on the FBI to investigate what appears to be a deliberate attack. The Boston Elections Department notified Galvin's office that the fire was set at about 4 a.m. in the ballot drop box outside of the Boston Public Library's main branch in Copley Square. Boston police said officers responded at 4:11 a.m. to the area of 700 Boylston St., which is the location of the library's main branch. When they arrived at the scene, the officers saw Boston firefighters tending to smoke coming from the ballot box.
When the drop box was emptied Sunday morning, 87 of the 122 ballots inside were legible and able to be processed. The last time the box had been emptied prior to the fire was just before 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Galvin told NewsCenter 5's Julie Loncich that it appears a sophisticated incendiary device was used to start the fire, as the damage to the interior plastic lining of the ballot drop box was severe.
Police released photos of a man who they are looking to identify as part of their ongoing arson investigation. Boston voters who used the Copley Square drop box between 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday, and who haven't been able to confirm receipt of their ballot through the state's tracking website, are urged to immediately contact the Boston Elections Department. Affected voters will be mailed a replacement ballot and can either cast it or vote in-person until 8 p.m. on Election Day, which is Nov. 3. Any affected voters who do not submit a new ballot will have their original ballot hand-counted to the best extent possible, according to Galvin's office. Related: Boston: 2020-10-21 Shiva Ayyadurai Sues MA Secretary of State For $1.2 Billion Boston: 2020-10-20 Antifa & left-wing protesters in Boston burned a Trump flag and one person poured fake blood on himself Boston: 2020-10-14 Ayanna Pressley challenger in Massachusetts says she was attacked at local Trump rally, suffered broken tibia | ||
| Posted by:Dino Omomble9051 |
| #7 ...so he didn't live in Chicago. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-10-26 18:28 |
| #6 On the way out I told him My dad's way of dealing with street beggars was to speak to them in Polish. The worst response he ever got to that was, "Why don't you speak American, Bud!" He never did met one that understood Polish. |
| Posted by: Dino Omomble9051 2020-10-26 18:15 |
| #5 I do not believe that this individual is plotting against our democracy. I think that he is emotionally disturbed These two possibilities are not mutually exclusive. A great many of the plotters against our republic ARE emotionally disturbed. Some of these disturbed people are consider "experts" by other disturbed people. |
| Posted by: Dino Omomble9051 2020-10-26 18:12 |
| #4 This dude looks a lot like the bum I gave a few cigarettes to last month. He was standing outside the Bank of America ATM on Boylston Street (a few blocks away from the torched ballot box) and I went in to get some $. On the way out I told him 'you're not getting this $20 but I'll give you two smokes.' |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-10-26 16:48 |
| #3 "I do not believe that this individual is plotting against our democracy. I think that he is emotionally disturbed," "Hey, Armand! I got $20 and a bottle of Rosie for ya if you light this book of matches and drop them in that box over there." "You got it, Boss!" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-10-26 16:03 |
| #2 While speaking with the man, 39-year-old Worldy Armand, police discovered that he had an active warrant out of Ipswich District Court for receiving stolen property and took him into custody. While he was in police custody, members of the fire investigation unit were able to identify Armand as the suspect in the ballot box fire and charged him with willful and malicious burning. Armand was arraigned Monday in Boston Municipal Court, where he underwent a mental health evaluation. "I do not believe that this individual is plotting against our democracy. I think that he is emotionally disturbed," said Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins. |
| Posted by: Omaper Chealing8808 2020-10-26 15:54 |
| #1 Will be presented as a Trump assault on voting but almost certainly an Antifa/Biden action for chaos. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2020-10-26 15:21 |