(CNN) -- A New York man authorities say once pondered changing his name to Osama Hussein to honor his personal heroes -- Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein -- remained jailed Monday on bomb-related charges in what police described as a plot to attack police, military personnel and postal facilities. Police arrested Jose Pimentel, 27, on Sunday at the apartment of a confidential informant in the case when a video camera showed him drilling holes in pipes that would become the casings for bombs, according to a criminal complaint. Pimentel allegedly told police he was an hour away from completing his first bomb when he was arrested, according to the complaint.
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NEW: Suspect's family shocked by allegations, his mother says
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Jose Pimentel is accused of plotting to attack U.S. veterans, police and post offices
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Pimentel said he was one hour away from finishing his first bomb, police say
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"He was not part of a larger conspiracy," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says
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New York authorities have communicated with federal authorities, but even though Pimentel's alleged targets were federal troops and facilities, his case will be handled in @placeholder courts, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said.