CALL7: FBI Visits Landscape Companies In Terrorism Probe
Company Owner: FBI Asked If Suspect Wanted Fertilizer
POSTED: 2:52 pm MDT October 2, 2009
UPDATED: 6:16 pm MDT October 2, 2009
AURORA, Colo. -- The CALL7 Investigators have learned that FBI agents have visited Denver-area landscaping suppliers and companies where terrorism suspect Najibullah Zazi either purchased material or inquired about employment.Zazi, who lived in Aurora, has been charged with conspiracy in a plot to attack the United States and is now in a federal holding facility in New York.The FBI told 7NEWS it now has about 500 agents and law enforcement officers working on this case, just in Colorado.
It's now clear that some agents are visiting landscape suppliers who may have access to large quantities of ammonium nitrate fertilizers. That fertilizer was part of the truck bomb used by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols in Oklahoma City.An informed source associated with a Denver-area landscape supplier told CALL7 Investigator Tony Kovaleski that Zazi called during the first week of August asking about a job.The source said the company does not want its name revealed but confirmed it had been contacted by the FBI.Zazi had left a message with the company, but representatives did not return the call as there were no existing openings.This latest information makes it clear the FBI is combing through Zazi's phone records and the source told Kovaleski the records include contacts to a variety of landscape material providers.Kovaleski also spoke with the owner of a second company, Big Horn Landscape Materials, who confirmed that he, too, was contacted by the FBI.The owner, Mike Maroney, told Kovaleski that federal investigators wanted to know if Zazi had bought fertilizer after discovering a credit card transaction for $205.90 in mid-August.The owner informed the FBI and Kovaleski that Zazi bought 100 pounds of flagstone.The FBI told 7NEWS it is not commenting on any part of this ongoing investigation and would not confirm the details uncovered by the CALL7 Investigators.
Our CALL7 Investigators are continuing to break new leads on this case. If you have any information about this case, or have a tip you want us to follow up on, contact CALL7 Investigator Tony Kovaleski at 303-832-0172 or e-mail him at 7newsinvestigates@thedenverchannel.com.
Previous Stories:
- October 1, 2009: FBI Seize Surveillance Videos From Aurora U-Hauls
- September 29, 2009: Terror Plot Suspect Pleads Not Guilty In NYC
- September 28, 2009: Source: Zazi's Accomplices In NYC Terror Plot Known
- September 27, 2009: Feds: Zazi Trips, Shopping Led To NY Terror Threat
- September 27, 2009: Colorado Home Of Country's Only Terrorism Museum
- September 26, 2009: Prosecutor: Terror Plot Focus Was 9/11 Anniversary
- September 25, 2009: Zazi In New York To Face Terrorism Charge
- September 24, 2009: Indictment: Zazi Bought Beauty Supplies Used To Make Bombs
- September 23, 2009: Employer Says Zazi Hard Worker, Passed Background Checks
- September 22, 2009: FBI Issues Bulletin To Hotels, Sports Stadiums
- September 22, 2009: Terror Plot Suspect Appears In Federal Court
- September 21, 2009: Terrorism Suspect's Attorney Facing Marijuana Charge
- September 21, 2009: Timeline In Terror Investigation Centered On Aurora Man
- September 21, 2009: More Colorado Arrests Possible In Terror Probe
- September 19, 2009: Terror Suspect, Father Arrested; Feds File Criminal Charges
- September 19, 2009: Men With Loaded Weapons Stopped Near Zazi's Home
- September 18, 2009: ABC News: Zazi Admits Al-Qaida Ties, May Plead Guilty
- September 18, 2009: CALL7 Investigators: Bankruptcy Filing Raises Questions
- September 18, 2009: Aurora Man To Undergo Third Day Of FBI Questioning
- September 17, 2009: Attorney: FBI Says Najibullah Zazi Not A Suspect
- September 15, 2009: Colo. Man Denies Terrorist Ties After NYC Raids
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