(01-16) 10:36 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

The government will file eight charges against alleged shoe bomber Richard Reid, a law enforcement source said Wednesday.

This source, disclosing that the charges would be contained in a grand jury indictment in Boston, did not say specifically what the allegations were.

Reid, born in London, was accused of trying to light explosives hidden in his sneakers on a flight from Paris in December and is being held in Plymouth, Mass., on charges of interfering with a flight crew.