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Lloyd R. Woodson (born January 31, 1966, in New York) is an American whose arrest in central New Jersey on January 25, 2010 received national attention in the United States.〔(Mulvihill, Geoff, "Va. man arrested with arsenal, map of NY Army base" ), ''Charlotte Observer'', January 26, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2010.〕〔("Man with weapons, map of military base arrested" ), CNN, January 26, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2010.〕 Woodson was armed with a semi-automatic rifle and was wearing a ballistic vest at the time of his arrest. A subsequent search of his motel room uncovered a large cache of weapons, ammunition, and gear including a grenade launcher, a night vision scope, a police scanner, a Middle Eastern ''keffiyeh'', and a number of maps. One was of Fort Drum, a U.S. military facility located five hours away near the border with Canada in upstate New York.〔("US police arrest heavily armed man with military map" ), ''Daily Times (Pakistan)'', AFP, January 27, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2010.〕〔 Woodson said he intended to use the weapons for a violent crime but appeared to have been acting alone. The government did not find any evidence of association with terrorist groups or a terrorist plot.〔("FBI finds no terrorism link to Virginia man with weapons cache in N.J. motel room" ), Associated Press, NJ.COM, February 26, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2010.〕 On January 26, 2010, Woodson was charged in state court with various criminal charges. Bail was set at $75,000. On January 29, he was charged in federal court, and consented to be held without bail. On February 25, a county grand jury indicted Woodson for attempted armed robbery (second degree), possession of a firearm for unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a rifle, possession of a defaced firearm, possession of hollow-point bullets, and possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines.〔("Grand jury indicts man on weapons charges from Branchburg incident" ), ''The Messenger-Gazette'', February 25, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2010.〕〔 A defense psychiatrist said that Woodson was competent to stand trial, but was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and incapable of carrying out the crimes with which he was charged. He was convicted and sentenced on September 28, 2012 to 14-and-a-half years in New Jersey State Prison. ==Personal life== Woodson, 43 years old at the time of his arrest, is an African American from Reston, Virginia, where he had lived less than a year after abandoning his wife and family. He had previously lived in District Heights, Maryland, Queens and Brooklyn, New York.〔 Woodson joined the U.S. Navy in February 1988, serving aboard the USS ''Orion'', a submarine tender. He deserted in April 1989.〔 On or about April 10, 1997 he was convicted by the Superior Court in Brooklyn of criminal possession of a weapon in Kings County, New York〔〔(Mulvihill, Geoff, "Lloyd Woodson Arrested: Man Had Grenade Launcher, Weapons, Maps" ), ''Huffington Post'', January 26, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2010.〕〔 – a felony punishable with a prison term greater than one year.〔〔 At this time, eight years after he deserted the Navy, he was returned to the Navy's custody. He was given a dishonorable discharge in August 1997.〔〔("Grenade launcher, map of military facility found in ex-Navy man's N.J. motel room" ) ''USA Today'', January 26, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2010.〕〔("FBI: Weapons suspect had map of Army base" ), UPI, January 27, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2010.〕 In 2008, Woodson's wife, Tracey Everett, sought a protective order against him in Forestville, Maryland. In court papers, she said he had deserted her and her children months earlier. She had not spoken to him in more than a year, and had tried unsuccessfully to find him to serve divorce papers. She said that although he collected guns, she did not believe Woodson was violent: "He's just a loner. He just needs psychological counseling."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lloyd R. Woodson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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