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Couple Indicted for Explosive Device Plot at MacDill Air Force Base

3/27/2026

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Alen and Ann Mary Zheng have been indicted for a plot involving an improvised explosive device at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.
Alen, currently in China, faces charges of attempting to damage government property and making a destructive device, with a potential sentence of 40 years.
Ann Mary is charged with being an accessory and tampering with evidence, facing 30 years.
The FBI confirmed the device did not detonate but had the potential to be deadly.
Authorities are investigating Jonathan James Elder for making threatening calls related to the incident.

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Alen and Ann Mary Zheng have been indicted for a plot involving an improvised explosive device at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.
Alen, currently in China, faces charges of attempting to damage government property and making a destructive device, with a potential sentence of 40 years.
Ann Mary is charged with being an accessory and tampering with evidence, facing 30 years.
The FBI confirmed the device did not detonate but had the potential to be deadly.
Authorities are investigating Jonathan James Elder for making threatening calls related to the incident.