$100,000 Reward Offered in Visalia Mail Bomb Case
September 17, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
Officials with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people behind a mailed pipe bomb which exploded at a Visalia business last week, injuring an employee and causing property damage.
Tips and information called into the Postal Inspection Service will be dispatched to the agency’s lead inspector, according to a news release. Federal investigators and Visalia police continue to pursue leads in the case, the release states.A spokeswoman for the inspection service said she could not provide any details on the investigation’s progress beyond what was given in the release.
Aaron Mustin, the 31-year-old employee and co-owner of Cal-Air Cooling and Heating — at 116 North Valley Oak Drive — was treated for burns to his arms and upper torso after the Sept. 8 explosion and later released from the hospital.U.S. Postal Inspection Service tipline: 877-0876-2455. Reference case number 1797512. Callers will remain anonymous.
