A man named Floyd Ray Roseberry who claims to be sitting in his truck with explosives speaks during a live Facebook broadcast on a still image of the video made in Washington on August 19, 2021.
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The North Carolina man who announced he had a bomb in the truck parked on Capitol Hill was charged Friday with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to use an explosive device.
The man, Floyd Ray Roseberry, was also ordered to remain without bail in a hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, pending a medical examination for the defendant.
Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui ordered this assessment after Roseberry said it would be difficult to understand the procedure because she has been denied blood pressure medications and the “medicine for my mind” since she was handed over to police on Thursday. .
“My memory is not so good, sir,” Roseberry said during the remote appearance via an audio link.
“We don’t have to see each other,” Roseberry said at one point, referring to the lack of physical or video presence. “I can say with your voice that you are a good man … I am willing to do whatever is asked of me.”
Roseberry, who said he was 51 even though authorities said he was 49, was named federal public defender by Faruqui.
He is on trial next Wednesday. Roseberry faces a maximum possible life sentence if convicted of the weapon of mass destruction.
Prosecutors said they will ask Faruqui to detain him without bail pending trial.
The Roseberry threat led to the evacuation of buildings such as the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress, the Cannon House office building and the offices of the Republican National Committee.
Roseberry parked a van on a sidewalk in front of the library Thursday morning.
He then told police he had a bomb inside, which sparked a multi-hour clash that ended in his peaceful surrender.
Floyd Ray Roseberry sits in his van in a confrontation with Capitol police in front of the Library of Congress in Washington DC on August 19, 2021
Photo: Sydney Bobb
Before surrendering, Grover’s man, North Carolina, posted videos on Facebook from his truck, speaking directly to President Joe Biden, whose resignation he demanded while calling for a revolution.
He also called for U.S. airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Roseberry claimed in a video that she had a barrel of gunpowder and more than two pounds of explosive tanerite in the truck. He also suggested that there were four other bombs in the DC area.