The official criminal complaint against Faisal Shahzad, the alleged Times Square car bomber, has been filed and posted online.

The charges were filed in the Southern District of New York before Magistrate Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox. The case is United States of America v. Faisal Shahzad.

The complaint alleges Shahzad attempted to use a weapon of mass destruction from December 2009 up until about May 3, 2010, against persons and property within the United States. On or about May 1st, Shahzad traveled from Connecticut to New York and planted the weapon in Times Square.

Shahzad is also formally accused of attempting to maim or kill innocent persons within the United States, destroy property in an attempt to further harm individuals, and received bomb making instruction in Waziristan, Pakistan.

Count three deals with his use and transportation of the device intended to kill or maim people. Count four accuses him of knowingly and unlawfully transporting and receiving a device he knew would be used in the process of killing and maiming individuals. Count five deals with his attempt to destroy personal property.

Update: The vehicle contained several white plastic bags with fertilizer, two red five-gallon canisters containing gasoline, 152 M-88 fireworks, three full propane canisters, two alarm clocks connected to wires, three residential keys (one opened his home), and a key for an Isuzu (that he owned).

Update X2: The Nissan Pathfinder was originally listed for sale at the beginning of April, but the buyer (Shahzad) didn’t make contact until the middle of the month. The buyer and seller finally met on April 24, 2010, with the former driving a black Isuzo Rodeo with tinted windows.

The seller told Shahzad that the car had mechanical problems but he seemed unswayed. He inspected the interior and cargo area of the Pathfinder and then asked for a test drive. They met later in the day for the test drive. The Pathfinder was finally sold for $1,300 — in the form of 13 $100 bills. The buyer left the Isuzu Rodeo, the vehicle he arrived in, behind. The Pathfinder did not have tinted windows at the time of sale.

Shahzad’s cell phone number was registered to a prepaid phone from Verizon. It was utilized from April 16th, when it was activated, to April 28th. He received four calls from a Pakistani number on April 24th. He also used the phone to call the Pathfinder seller about 12 times. And on April 25th he called a fireworks store in Pennsylvania.

Federal agents have searched the garage belonging to Shahzad, finding fireworks and fertilizer. One of the keys found in the Pathfinder was able to open his residence.

Now to the arrest. We know Shahzad was detained after boarding and nearly departing on a commercial flight to Dubai. But the complaint says he admitted to the whole incident, said he received training in Pakistan, and revealed his car — which he drove to the airport — had a gun. Agents opened the vehicle and found the gun. (So much for gun control.)