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    Idaho man charged with attempted assassination

    PITTSBURGH (AP) — An Idaho man accused of firing two shots at the White House last week has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama or his staff.

    Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, made his first court appearance before a federal magistrate in Pittsburgh on Thursday, one day after he was arrested at a western Pennsylvania hotel. He will be taken back from a federal court in Pittsburgh to face the charges in Washington, D.C.

    Ortega will remain in federal custody at least until a magistrate in Washington can determine if he should remain jailed until his trial on the charge, which carries up to life in prison.

    Ortega sat quietly as the hearing began, his hands free but his feet shackled. The 21-year-old said only, "Yes, ma'am" when he was asked if he understood that he would be going back to Washington to face the charge.

    Authorities said a man clad in black who was obsessed with Obama pulled his car within view of the White House on Friday night and fired shots from an assault rifle, cracking a window of the first family's living quarters while the president was away.

    Soon after, U.S. Park Police found an abandoned vehicle, with an assault rifle inside it, near a bridge leading out of the nation's capital to Virginia. The car led investigators to Ortega.

    The FBI took custody of Ortega's car Thursday afternoon to continue the process of reviewing evidence, said Lindsay Godwin, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington field office.

    Ortega was arrested Wednesday afternoon at a hotel near Indiana, Pa., about 55 miles east of Pittsburgh, after a desk clerk recognized his picture. He had been reported missing Oct. 31 by his family.

     
    • carolettem  •  Buffalo, United States  •  6 mths ago
      call me stupid, but in an "attempted assassination" dont u need a person in the area where the bullet was fired??? has the window he broke attained personhood status? :) not at all supporting this idiot but attempted assassination just looks plain stupid!
      • NA 6 mths ago
        He sounds like a typical Fox News viewer...lol
      • Kirstin 6 mths ago
        No. The charge of attempted assassination doesn't depend on the competence of the assassin. If he's too stupid to realize he's not actually shooting at the president, that is fortunate, because it means he only gets charged with *attempted* assassination.
      • Howie 6 mths ago
        stupid
    • Joyce Marie  •  Kendrick, United States  •  6 mths ago
      This guy is obviously very much a mental case! Idaho is not full of racists by the way I love Idaho and he is not representative of us here In Idaho! Idaho is pristine, where eagles thrive and where the water is pure; we have four distinct seasons and it is not polluted like California is; taxes are low and the economy is pretty stable in most of Idaho, we have family values here and Idaho is a great place to raise children and a great place to retire!
    • DiedraG  •  Cincinnati, United States  •  6 mths ago
      This dude was and is stupid .parin front so all can see that was smart .Iam concerned that he was able to get that close.
    • BC  •  6 mths ago
      If you're going to risk the rest of your free life on an assassination charge, at least make sure the guy you're trying to assassinate is in the same state you are.
      • Charlie 6 mths ago
        You seem to be disappointed. That's disturbing.
    • Femie  •  6 mths ago
      he's hired
    • Capt Steve  •  Houston, United States  •  6 mths ago
      did he use a gun from Holders supply?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  6 mths ago
      "Attempted Assassination"? Obama was in Australia! LOL He's mentally disturbed firing bullets at the White House from the street! Lee Harvey Oswald doesn't even have that good of a shot! lol
      • Marc 6 mths ago
        yes he does ...his bullets can steer themselves.
    • ______  •  Burgaw, United States  •  6 mths ago
      he is screwed.
      • Charlie 6 mths ago
        As well he should be.
    • AofSJ  •  Walnut Creek, United States  •  6 mths ago
      LET US SAY, "ABSOLUTELY NOT!" TO THIS BEHAVIOR. GIVE NO GLORIFICATION OF THIS PERIOD.
    • Thomas S  •  Reno, United States  •  6 mths ago
      He got the White House confused with the US Capitol Building. Give him a break!!!
    • Kim B  •  Troy, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Im not supporting this guy but how can you be arrested for attempting to kill someone who wasnt even home?
      • DEN 6 mths ago
        dumb #$%$
    • John B  •  Front Royal, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Shooting at the President is a felony offense,,,but fooling the President into giving you Billions in bailout money so you can hand your top officials millions in bonuses is an acceptable practice in this country,lol.
    • Denise  •  6 mths ago
      You know what...this is a bunch of #$%$ Yeah, he's a wacko with a gun, but he didn't attempt to "assassinate" anyone! He shot the frikkin building--not a person--a structure! Nobody was home at the time...Hello, Obama is over in Australia and the Pacific Rim...If he's an assassin, he's the world's worst because obviously he wasn't smart enough to watch CNN and see that the President wasn't home.I'd put him on World's Dumbest Criminals instead of the would-be-assassin list...
    • Patrick  •  Cleveland, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Illegal Immigration and Illegal Immigrants are destroying our educational system, destroying our healthcare system, bankrupting our social security system, bankrupting our welfare system, and are the greatest threat to our economic well being and national security.
    • JACK  •  6 mths ago
      He's their fall guy.
    • Bryon  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  6 mths ago
      I was in the Army and now I sell guns for a living last thing I need is the states or governments cracking down any more than they are now. I do not condone the action this man took, but if your are an assassin, dont you have to have a marked target of oppertunity rather than pop shots off at a government building. Assassination charges, no. Destruction of Government property, Vandalism, Firing a weapon in public, Possession of a loaded weapon.... Those are charges he should be charged with, not attempted assassination.
    • Cornholio  •  6 mths ago
      If you think it is OK for someone to assasinate the President of the United States then your a #$%$ nut. Racist conservatives are killing our country.
    • Harpo  •  6 mths ago
      This is what happens when you hire your Manchurian Candidate from a Home Depot parking lot.
    • Sam  •  Palm Springs, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Another Mexican on the rampage, he is more patriotic than we know
    • Matthew  •  Carlsbad, United States  •  6 mths ago
      he should have watched the news more so he would know when there home !
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