'Tea Party connections?' Report: Son of Boston PD chief arrested over possible terror plot

Sarah D. | 2:20 PM on July 13, 2015

Yeah … that’s one word for it:

JUST IN: Officials: Son of Boston Police captain arrested over alleged ISIS-inspired terror plot: http://t.co/b4uW79Avfc – @ABCInvestigates

— ABC News (@ABC) July 13, 2015

BREAKING, new details: Officials: Son of Boston Police Capt. Arrested as Possible Terrorist – http://t.co/oisDeITPeq pic.twitter.com/hdzXzEVwZj

— Brian Ross Investigates (@BrianRoss) July 13, 2015

Holy moly:

Alexander Ciccolo, 23, of Adams, Mass., was taken into custody on gun charges after buying two pistols and two rifles from an undercover FBI confidential informant, federal officials said. In a search of his apartment, officials reported they found it loaded with possible bomb-making equipment including a pressure cooker, a variety of chemicals, an alarm clock, along with “attack planning papers” and “jihad” paperwork. FBI agents said he used the name Abu Ali al-Amriki and neighbors said he was a recent convert to Islam.

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Ciccolo’s father [from whom Alexander is estranged] is Boston police Captain Robert Ciccolo, a veteran commander assigned to Operations at Boston Police headquarters who was one of the first responders to the deadly Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013. According to the FBI, the younger Ciccolo said he was “inspired” by the Marathon bombing and the use of pressure cooker bombs, and told the FBI undercover operative, “Allahu Akbar!!! I got the pressure cooker today.”

Law enforcement officials said Capt. Ciccolo alerted counter-terrorism authorities about a year ago that his son, with whom he had had minimal contact for several years, “was going off the deep end” and “spouting extremist jihadist sympathies.” According to the affidavit of an FBI agent, the younger Ciccolo recently stated that he is, “not afraid to die for the cause,” and that he characterized America as ”Satan” and “disgusting.”