San Diego Federal Courthouse Bombing – FBI Raids Houses – 1 Arrested
May 15, 2008 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
UPDATE: Investigators arrested one person and questioned at least six other people during a search of two homes as part of an investigation into a powerful pipe-bomb blast that damaged the downtown federal courts complex, it was reported Friday.
A law enforcement source who requested anonymity confirmed that Thursday’s searches were part of the bomb probe and said one woman was arrested.
Original Story
Federal authorities raided a City Heights home and detained several people late Thursday, possibly as part of an investigation into a powerful pipe-bomb blast that damaged the downtown federal courts complex.
The FBI called on the San Diego Police Department shortly before 4:30 p.m. to assist in serving a search warrant at the residence at 39th and Quince streets, SDPD Detective Gary Hassen said.
Six people are taken into custody for questioning two women and four men, including one in a wheelchair. All six have since been released.
Hassen said he had no information on the federal case that prompted the actions, and the FBI did not immediately return telephone calls seeking comment.
Several news outlets, however, reported that the operation was believed to be related to the bombing two Sundays ago at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Courthouse on Front Street.
Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on May 4, a homemade device made of several attached tubes packed with some type of explosive material detonated, damaging a front door and lobby area and breaking a window on a nearby building.
