2026-03-26T15:21:00-0400 / CBS新闻
华盛顿—— 联邦检察官周四宣布，本月早些时候在佛罗里达州坦帕市麦克迪尔空军基地外发现简易爆炸装置后，两名兄弟姐妹已被指控。
起诉书显示，艾伦·郑（Alen Zheng）及其妹妹安·玛丽·郑（Ann Mary Zheng）因该装置被起诉，该装置于3月16日在基地游客中心被发现。联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔（Kash Patel）表示，艾伦·郑已逃往中国并滞留当地，安·玛丽·郑因涉嫌从犯和篡改证据被拘留。她于周四上午首次出庭受审。
“美国联邦调查局将与合作伙伴继续追查所有责任人，无论他们身在何处，都将确保其受到法律制裁。”帕特尔在社交媒体上写道。
3月16日，坦帕警方接到麦克迪尔基地游客中心入口附近可疑包裹的报告，基地保安随后发现了该装置。联邦调查局坦帕现场办公室调查人员上周表示，对包裹的现场筛查发现“可能含有高能材料”，但最终实验室分析尚未完成。
美国检察官格雷戈里·基霍（Gregory Kehoe）在宣布对这对兄妹的指控时表示，该装置未爆炸，但“本可能造成极大危害”。动机尚不清楚，但基霍称“他们显然对美国政府的某些行为抱有强烈不满”。
安·玛丽·郑面临两项指控：篡改证据和事后从犯，罪名与帮助哥哥逃亡及销毁证据有关。艾伦·郑被指控三项罪名：通过爆炸企图损坏政府财产、非法制造破坏性装置以及持有未登记的破坏性装置。
麦克迪尔空军基地是美国中央司令部、美国特种作战司令部和空军机动司令部所在地。基霍称，该基地驻扎着“极其重要的战争资产，显然参与了在中东及其他地区的持续行动”，暗指美伊战争。
基霍强调，麦克迪尔基地对“美国和美国人民的安全至关重要”。
据基霍透露，该装置于3月10日被放置在麦克迪尔基地游客中心外。放置后几分钟内，有人拨打911报告基地内有炸弹，但未提供具体位置。
麦克迪尔基地人员在接到报警后展开搜索，但最初未发现装置。最终在游客中心一处隐蔽区域找到该装置。3月11日，艾伦·郑和安·玛丽·郑购买了前往中国的机票，并出售了用于运送装置至基地游客中心的车辆。
调查显示，艾伦·郑与3月10日报警称麦克迪尔基地有炸弹的电话存在关联，调查人员通过百思买监控录像锁定其购买作案手机的行为。
执法部门搜查了艾伦·郑的住所，发现与爆炸装置部件一致的物品。其母亲和妹妹也向调查人员承认，她们明知艾伦·郑在麦克迪尔基地放置了炸弹。
Brother and sister indicted in connection with explosive device found outside MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa
2026-03-26T15:21:00-0400 / CBS News
Washington — Two siblings have been charged after an improvised explosive device was left outside MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, earlier this month, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
Indictments were unsealed charging Alen Zheng and his sister, Ann Mary Zheng, in connection with the device, which was found at the base’s visitor center on March 16. FBI Director Kash Patel said Alen Zheng fled to China, where he remains, and Ann Mary Zheng is in custody for accessory and evidence tampering. She had her initial appearance before a judge on Thursday morning.
“This FBI, working with our partners, will continue pursuing all those responsible and ensure they are brought to justice, no matter where they are,” Patel wrote on social media.
Law enforcement in Tampa responded to a report of a suspicious package at MacDill’s visitor center near an entrance gate to the base on March 16, when the device was found by base security. Investigators with the FBI’s Tampa field office said last week that field screening of the package identified “possible energetic materials,” though final lab analysis hadn’t yet been completed.
U.S. Attorney Gregory Kehoe told reporters when announcing the charges against the siblings that the device did not detonate but “could’ve been potentially very deadly.” The motive is unknown, but Kehoe said “they obviously felt quite strongly about something or anything that the United States government was doing.”
Ann Mary Zheng faces one count of evidence tampering and one count of accessory after the fact for helping her brother flee and destroy evidence. Alen Zheng was charged with three counts: attempted damage of government property by explosion, unlawfully making a destructive device and possessing an unregistered destructive device.
MacDill Air Force Base is home to U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command and the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command. Kehoe said the base houses “extremely, extremely important assets for the Department of War that are obviously involved in ongoing operations in the Middle East and elsewhere,” a reference to the war with Iran.
MacDill, he said, is crucial “to the safety of the United States” and the American people.
The device was planted outside MacDill’s visitor center on March 10, according to Kehoe. Minutes after it was left, a 911 call was placed reporting that there was a bomb on the base, though the caller did not provide a specific location, he said.
MacDill personnel searched the base but didn’t find the device in the immediate wake of the call. It was ultimately discovered in a secluded area at the visitor center, Kehoe said. On March 11, one day after the bomb was planted, Alen Zheng and Ann Mary Zheng purchased plane tickets to China and sold the vehicle that had been used to transport the device to the base visitor center, according to the U.S. attorney.
The siblings then left for China from Tampa on March 12, though Ann Mary Zheng returned to the U.S. on March 17, Kehoe said. Alen Zheng has not returned, he said.
During their probe, investigators tied Alen Zheng to the phone used to place the 911 call to emergency personnel about the bomb at MacDill on March 10 and received footage from Best Buy showing him buying the phone, according to prosecutors.
Law enforcement also obtained a search warrant for Alen Zheng’s home and found components consistent with the device, Kehoe said. His mother and sister also acknowledged to agents they knew he had planted the bomb at MacDill.