A man was sentenced on Wednesday for attempting to get a fake passport to travel to Pakistan andkeeping what agents called an arsenal of assault weapons and pipe bombs.
Abdullah Muslim, formally known as Johnnie Clagg, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, 10TV'sMaureen Kocot reported.
Prosecutors said Muslim stole personal information from people and tired to use it to get apassport to leave the country.
Police stopped Muslim's vehicle on the city's southwest side in October 2009 because he waswanted on charges of identity theft and trying to falsify a passport.
After being arrested, federal agents said they found two AK 47s, a 9mm semiautomatic rifleand more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, pipe bomb materials, a ballistic face mask and vest, anda flak jacket in his Franklin Township home.
Muslim's attorney said his client traveled from Columbus to tribal areas of Pakistan and thathe converted to Islam while spending time in prison.
He said his client has no ties to any terror organizations.
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