FILE- In this Nov. 20, 2011 file photo, Jose Pimentel is shown in Manhattan criminal court in New York. Pimentel is set to be arraigned Tuesday March 13, 2012 in a Manhattan court. (AP Photo/Jefferson Siegel, Pool)
FILE- In this Nov. 20, 2011 file photo, Jose Pimentel is shown in Manhattan criminal court in New York. Pimentel is set to be arraigned Tuesday March 13, 2012 in a Manhattan court. (AP Photo/Jefferson Siegel, Pool)
NEW YORK (AP) ? A Muslim convert is due to answer rare state-level terror charges after being accused of building a pipe bomb in New York City to try to attack police, soldiers and other government targets.
Jose Pimentel is set to be arraigned Tuesday in a Manhattan court. A grand jury indicted him last month on charges including weapons possession and conspiracy as terror crimes. The terror charges reflect a New York state law passed shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks.
The indictment says the 27-year-old Dominican immigrant conducted computer research on bomb-making, made shopping trips to secure supplies and finally started assembling a pipe bomb before his Nov. 19 arrest.
Defense lawyers Lori Cohen and Susan Walsh say police overreached and used a self-serving informant to go after a down-on-his-luck loner.
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