Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service

An Internationally Accredited Public Safety Agency

NEWS ADVISORY
Richard Bowers, Fire Chief
Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, 12th Floor,
Rockville, Maryland

Assistant Chief Scott Graham, Public Information Officer

Phone: 301-503-6113 – Media line – 240.777.2442

IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 7, 2011

Pipe Bomb Arrest

Fire and Explosive Investigators from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue
Service, in concert with Virginia State Police, arrested 68 year old Farzin Sadeghi
(Sa-Dee-Gee), of Marshall, Virginia and Gaithersburg, Maryland this morning at
1030 hours in Marshall, Virginia. The pipe bombing took place at on Wednesday,
March 16, 2011 at 9:15 p.m. at 9214 Inglewood Drive in Potomac, Md.

Simultaneous search warrants were executed at 10109 Valley Dale Lane in

Marshall and 18715 Walkers Choice Road Gaithersburg, MD. The Virginia State
Police executed the Fire and Explosive Investigations Section’s arrest warrant.

FEI, along with partners from MCPD, VSP, FBI, and ATF, identified Mr.
Sadeghi early on as a suspect, developed the arrest plan, which led to today’s
arrest.

Through various investigative techniques sensitive to the case and

cooperative work with our law enforcement partners, the residents of Montgomery
County can rest assured that the person involved in this heinous crime has been
taken off the street. No other information is available at this time due to the
continuing nature of the investigation.
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