--- description: Joshua Nichols, the son of Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols, was arrested for violating the terms of his probation. title: Oklahoma City Bombing Accomplice's Son Arrested After Police Standoff image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8b9e7533146bc41/69894228096a9457df6a43e6/Oklahoma-City-Bombing.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oklahoma City Bombing Accomplice's Son Arrested After Police Standoff in Las Vegas  by [Tara Law](/author/tara-law/)  ## Tara Law Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2018 7:11 PM CUT  The north side of the Albert P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City shows 19 April 1995 the devastation caused by a fuel-and fertilizer truck bomb that was detonated early 19 April in front of the building. The blast, the worst terror attack on US soil, killed 168 people and injured more than 500\. Timothy McVeigh, convicted on first-degree murder charges for the 19 April bombing was sentenced to death in 1997. The north side of the Albert P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City shows 19 April 1995 the devastation caused by a fuel-and fertilizer truck bomb that was detonated early 19 April in front of the building. The blast, the worst terror attack on US soil, killed 168 people and injured more than 500\. Timothy McVeigh, convicted on first-degree murder charges for the 19 April bombing was sentenced to death in 1997.BOB DAEMMRICH/AFP/Getty Images  by [Tara Law](/author/tara-law/)  ## Tara Law Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2018 7:11 PM CUT The son of an accomplice in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing has been arrested after a standoff with police in Las Vegas. Joshua Nichols, the 36-year-old son of [Oklahoma City bombing](http://time.com/3822868/oklahoma-city-bombing-20-years/ "undefined") co-conspirator Terry Nichols, was arrested on Tuesday for violating the terms of his probation, the Clark County Detention Center confirmed. Joshua Nichols has a history of arrests in Nevada dating back to 2005, and has been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, grand larceny of a stolen vehicle, resisting an officer with a weapon, among other charges, [KLAS-TV in Las Vegas reported](https://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/local-news/i-team-son-of-oklahoma-city-bombing-accomplice-arrested/1669804864 "undefined"). Relatives told KLAS that Nichols has struggled for years with a drug addiction related to his guilt about his father’s involvement in the bombing. Nichols was just 12 years old at the time of [the 1995 bombing](http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1982767%5F2126406,00.html "undefined"), which killed 168 people, including 19 children, and injured 500. Joshua Nichols’ wife, Nadine Nichols, said that her husband is a good man, but has never been able to move past the bombing. As a child, he was constantly identified as his father’s son, Nadine Nichols said. “They teased him. They named him ‘bomber.’ They named him that, and I guess he got beat up,” Nadine said. Nichols’ attorney, Tony Abbatangelo, told KLAS that he is hopeful that there still is a future for his client. “That’s a difficult burden to bear, that your dad did those things,” Abbatangelo said. “These issues can be addressed. There’s still a future for Josh to be a positive member of the community.” > [](https://twitter.com/Vanessa%5FMurphy/status/1075920379842048002) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5486666/oklahoma-city-bombing-son/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5486666/oklahoma-city-bombing-son/"},"headline":"Oklahoma City Bombing Accomplice's Son Arrested After Police Standoff in Las Vegas","datePublished":"2018-12-21T19:11:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T22:20:25.072Z","description":"Joshua Nichols, the son of Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols, was arrested for violating the terms of his probation.","url":"https://time.com/5486666/oklahoma-city-bombing-son/","keywords":["Crime","Nevada","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8b9e7533146bc41/69894228096a9457df6a43e6/Oklahoma-City-Bombing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara Law","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-law/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8b9e7533146bc41/69894228096a9457df6a43e6/Oklahoma-City-Bombing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The north side of the Albert P. 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