BY SHEILA STOGSDILL
MIAMI, OK — An alert motel maintenance worker helped avert an apparent plot to destroy 48 Ottawa County churches.
“I had taken the trash out when I noticed this real nice bag,” said Ralph Smith, who works for Miami Legacy Inn & Suites.
Smith opened the green military duffel bag and found 50 apparent Molotov cocktails inside.
“I knew it was something not to be ignored, and I called the police.”
That call led to the arrest Thursday of Gregory Arthur Weiler II, 23, of Elk Grove Village, Ill., who was staying in Room 127.
Weiler was charged Friday with possession of an explosive or incendiary device and violation of the Oklahoma Anti-Terrorism Act.
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