W. Pa. man accused of biting 2 FBI agents

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say a western Pennsylvania man posted pro-terrorist songs and statements online under an alias and bit two FBI agents while carrying a loaded gun.

Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh are expected to present evidence of Emerson Begolly’s Internet posts at a detention hearing this afternoon. A federal magistrate is being asked to keep Begolly in jail until he can stand trial on charges filed Tuesday by the FBI.

A criminal complaint says agents were in New Bethlehem investigating Begolly when they found him in a car and tried to talk to him. That’s when the FBI says he bit both agents, drawing blood, and was found with a loaded 9mm handgun that he was allegedly reaching for inside his jacket.