On April 21, 1995, federal law enforcement officials became unshakably focused upon Timothy McVeigh who was being held in the Noble County Jail in Perry, Oklahoma, on various state misdemeanor charges. See D.E. 1457 at 4.

Mr. McVeigh had been pulled over by an Oklahoma Highway Patrolman, Charles Hanger, on Interstate Highway 35 on the morning of April 19, 1995. McVeigh was driving a 1977 pale yellow Mercury Marquis, and was stopped by Trooper Hanger because the car McVeigh was driving displayed no license plate. McVeigh told Trooper Hanger that he was returning from Arkansas.[6] Hanger arrested McVeigh on the basis of the traffic violation and the state misdemeanor charge of carrying a weapon. McVeigh's yellow Mercury was left on the side of the highway and was not impounded.

Between April 19, 1995, and April 21, 1995, federal law enforcement officials traced a Vehicle Identification Number appearing upon the axle of the truck believed to have carried the bomb to a Ryder rental truck dealership in Junction City, Kansas. The FBI prepared a composite drawing of "unidentified subject #1" based upon descriptions provided by witnesses at the Ryder rental dealership. By showing the composite drawing to employees at various motels in Junction City, Kansas, the FBI "determined" that the drawing resembled a man named Timothy McVeigh that had been a guest at the Dreamland Motel in Junction City from April 14-18, 1995. A records check then revealed that a man named Timothy McVeigh was in custody in the Noble County Jail in Perry, Oklahoma, facing state misdemeanor charges.

The FBI, knowing their suspect was in custody at a small county courthouse in Oklahoma, proceeded to orchestrate what is now commonly referred to as the "perp walk" in which a criminal suspect is led away from confinement in shackles by law enforcement personnel for the media and all to see. The FBI was not disappointed. See D.E. 2825 at 7. Mr. McVeigh was detained in the courthouse while the world media gathered and his walkout was timed for the evening network news broadcast. With the nation, and indeed much of the civilized world watching, Timothy McVeigh, wearing a bright orange prison jumpsuit and no protective vest, shackled at the wrists and ankles, and wearing a militarystyle haircut and a "thousand yard" stare, was paraded before a mob of angry citizens, many of whom shouted repeatedly, "baby killer, baby killer" at him. This was how the Petitioner was transferred to federal custody.[7]

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[6] Evidence held by the government and Defendant clearly shows Mr. McVeigh traveled to and from Arkansas on a frequent basis.

[7] The government claims the delay was caused by the wait for a Federal Warrant and a State Judge who granted Mr. McVeigh the opportunity to confer with a local attorney who had repeatedly been blocked from seeing the Defendant by the local Assistant District Attorney. The attorney filed a Motion for Habeas Corpus to produce Mr. McVeigh for an interview which was granted. Thus, the delay was not caused by the Judge or the attorney, but the State prosecutor. A Federal John Doe 1 Warrant was already in place.