Shelton bombing and robbery plan

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Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Larry Gillette, a 53-year-old Shelton resident, was a man with a plan for mayhem, according to allegations from the U.S. Attorney for Western Washington. He was arrested Monday afternoon when he met with an undercover agent and attempted to detonate a car bomb, which was inoperable, as part of</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>Larry Gillette, a 53-year-old Shelton resident, was a man with a plan for mayhem, according to allegations from the U.S. Attorney for Western Washington. He was arrested Monday afternoon when he met with an undercover agent and attempted to detonate a car bomb, which was inoperable, as part of a scheme to create diversions and rob three banks in Shelton, a Justice Department press release said. Gillette had unknowingly been meeting with an undercover officer posing as someone interested in helping with the plot. Gillette, the statement said, had "indicated he wanted the maximum loss of life to occur in the bombings and the bank robberies."</p>
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Larry Gillette, a 53-year-old Shelton resident, was a man with a plan for mayhem, according to allegations from the U.S. Attorney for Western Washington. He was arrested Monday afternoon when he met with an undercover agent and attempted to detonate a car bomb, which was inoperable, as part of a scheme to create diversions and rob three banks in Shelton, a Justice Department press release said. Gillette had unknowingly been meeting with an undercover officer posing as someone interested in helping with the plot. Gillette, the statement said, had "indicated he wanted the maximum loss of life to occur in the bombings and the bank robberies."

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi