One officer reported that as Hughes rode past him, he "yelled that he was going to blow himself up." He also indicated "he intended to be a hero." When an EOD officer moved away from the package to take a look at the X-ray results, the complaint says Hughes "disregarded the commands of a uniformed officer conducting traffic control at 2nd and Wisconsin," "riding a bike toward the scene, not complying with commands to stop." As an officer ran toward him, the complaint says Hughes "turned his bike and started to ride towards the package." He then "removed items from the backpack and threw them to the ground." Hughes was then taken into custody. He said he believed it to be suspicious, and he did not want to approach it.Įxplosive Ordnance Disposal officials were notified and responded to the location - removing the backpack from the electrical box to conduct X-rays. The complaint says a 911 caller alerted police to the suspicious backpack, and said he noticed it around 6 a.m., and it did not belong to any of his contractors. Matthew Hughes, 39, of Milwaukee faces one count of disorderly conduct and one count of obstructing an officer for his alleged actions at the scene.Īccording to a criminal complaint, officers had established a perimeter around a suspicious package - a gray and black backpack sitting on top of an electrical box on the east side of a building near Plankinton and Wisconsin. The investigation shut down that intersection and several nearby blocks in the middle of the morning commute. The bomb squad was on the scene at Wisconsin and Plankinton early on May 21 for reports of a suspicious package. He is being held on a $150,000 cash bond while a grand jury weighs whether or not to indict him.MILWAUKEE - A man who was caught on camera being tackled by police after he's alleged to have breached the perimeter during a suspicious package investigation on May 21 in downtown Milwaukee is facing charges.
McIntyre was arrested and charged with multiple counts of drug trafficking and gun charges. They also found multiple firearms, despite McIntyre having two previous felony convictions. He told the officers he had been doing the same thing two or three times a week for the past three years.ĭuring a subsequent search of his home, the troopers found a large amount of marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms, cocaine, THC cartridges and trafficking materials. He admitted that he was sending the money to California and expected his contact to send a shipment of drugs in return. Troopers then went to McIntyre’s home to question him about the package. But instead of drugs, they found the box filled with cash. The company reported that it was holding a package sent by 43-year-old Jimmy Scott McIntyre, of Blackey, at its shipping center in Langley.Ī Kentucky State Police drug dog alerted on the package, and troopers obtained a search warrant to open it up.
A Letcher County man is in jail, after Fed Ex reported that he had dropped off a suspicious package.
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