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ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - The case against a Liberty University student who police say told his family he made bombs and planned to attend the Rev. Jerry Falwell's funeral was transferred to federal authorities Wednesday.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Urbanski ordered Mark David Uhl, 19, held in the Roanoke city jail until detention and preliminary hearings are scheduled. His attorney was unable to attend Wednesday's hearing and could not be reached Wednesday evening.
Uhl faces one charge of possession of an unlawful destructive device. A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office would not say why the case was transferred from local officials in Campbell County, where sheriff's officers arrested him Monday night.
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