Daniel Park, 32, of Washington State, was arrested Tuesday night at Kennedy Airport and charged with providing material support to terrorists, officials said.
Law enforcement authorities in New York City have arrested a Washington State man in the bombing of a California fertility clinic last month that killed one person and damaged buildings on several city blocks, officials said.
The man, Daniel Park, 32, was arrested Tuesday night at Kennedy Airport after arriving from Poland, said Bill Essayli, the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California. Mr. Park was scheduled to appear in Federal District Court in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon.
Guy Edward Bartkus, a 25-year-old man with “nihilistic ideations,” bombed the Palm Springs clinic, American Reproductive Centers, on May 17, according to officials. The clinic offers treatments like in vitro fertilization and egg freezing.
Mr. Bartkus, of Twentynine Palms, Calif., died in the blast, which also injured four people, officials said. Mr. Bartkus caused the explosion by detonating his Ford Fusion, which was parked near the clinic, according to the authorities.
Mr. Park paid to ship nearly 200 pounds of ammonium nitrate to Mr. Bartkus and traveled to Southern California to stay with him in late January, Mr. Essayli said. Mr. Park was charged with providing material support to terrorists, according to a news release from Mr. Essayli’s office.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Chelsia Rose Marcius contributed reporting.
