Shareef receives 35 year sentence in grenade plot

United States v. Shareef (N.D. Ill Oct. 1, 2008)

In November 2007, Derrick Shareef pled guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in violation of 18 USC 2332a in connection to set off hand grenades at a shopping mall in Rockford, IL in December 2006 (recall that WMD are defined very broadly for purposes of federal criminal law, so as to include conventional explosives).  Today Shareef received a 35 year sentence on that count.  Details here: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/September/08-nsd-872.html.