Federal prosecutors escalated the January 6 pipe bomb case by filing a superseding indictment adding WMD and terrorism charges against Brian Cole Jr., who faces potential life imprisonment if convicted on the new counts.

After weeks of unexplained “booms” in a White Plains neighborhood, authorities allege a convicted felon was building, stockpiling, and throwing explosive devices on a residential street, culminating in the recovery of 25+ suspected IEDs and federal charges including use of a weapon of mass destruction.

A man was arrested in Paris after placing an IED at a Bank of America branch; a second suspect fled; France's counter-terrorism prosecutor has jurisdiction, and the attack method is consistent with low-cost directed attack recruitment patterns used by both ISIS and Iran-linked networks.