Original sentence: On 24 April 1959 Captain John Lappo of the United States Air Force took his RB-47E Stratojet, a reconfigured bomber, under the bridge.On August 13, 2006, three Palestinian-American men from Texas were arrested after they purchsed hundreds of pre-paid cell phones in the area, possibly for use as detonators in a terrorist attack on the Mackinac Bridge, which the men had photographed.They said they had purchased the phones to resell and visited the bridge as tourists, and on September 06, 2006, a federal judge threw out the charges and released them
Edited sentence: On 24 April 1959 Captain John Lappo of the United States Air Force took his RB-47E Stratojet a reconfigured bomber under the bridge.On August 13, 2006, it was reported that hundreds of cellphones purchased by three Palestinian-American men from Texas were intended to be used in a possible terrorist attack on the Mackinac Bridge.On September 06, 2006, a federal judge threw out the conspiracy and money laundering charges against these men, and released them.The men were apprehended and were charged before such an attempt could take place