LINCOLN, Neb. — The man facing terrorism charges after stopping Amtrak’s California Zephyr last fall has asked to change his plea to guilty, the Omaha World-Herald reports.
Taylor Wilson, 26, is scheduled to face trial in June on two charges of terrorism against a mass transportation after the incident last Oct. 22 when, as a ticketed passenger, he managed to get into one of the eastbound Zephyr’s locomotives and stop the train near Oxford, Neb.
Wilson was subdued by train crewmen. He was found to be carrying a handgun, ammunition and a knife, and a subsequent search of his apartment found items including a submachine gun, a hidden supply of ammunition, a tactical vest, and documents relating to a white supremacy group.
Wilson’s plea is part of a proposed deal that would also resolve three federal felony gun charges resulting from that search, according to his attorney.
