Man accused of obstructing terror probe remains jailed

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man accused of obstructing a terrorism investigation by destroying a thumb drive will remain in jail for at least another week.

Twenty-one-year-old Sean Duncan of Sterling made an initial appearance Tuesday in federal court after his arrest Friday. A magistrate ordered that Duncan remain jailed pending a Jan. 8 hearing.

According to an FBI affidavit, agents were preparing to execute a search warrant on Duncan's home when he ran out the back door and tossed a bag with a crushed thumb drive over agents' heads.

The affidavit says Duncan has been under FBI scrutiny since February 2016, when he was living in the Pittsburgh suburbs.