Young Pirate

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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...cy-charges/?hp

The young Somali man brought to New York last month and accused of piracy was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Manhattan, federal prosecutors said. The young man, Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, whose age is unknown but who is believed to be a teenager, was the only survivor of a group of men that boarded the Maersk Alabama, a United States-flagged cargo ship, off the coast of Somalia on April 8, the authorities have said.

The indictment charges Mr. Muse with 10 counts, including piracy and conspiracy to seize a ship by force and to take hostages.

Judge Peck ruled that Muse would be prosecuted as an adult. Mr. Muse is being held without bond in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan. If convicted of the piracy count, he faces a mandatory life sentence, the authorities said.

Well, he won't do that again. Thanks to the SEALS for saving taxpayer dollars on the other three.