FBI and Homeland Security Warn NY Police Watch For Explosives Materials
September 15, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under Incident Reports
The FBI and Homeland Security officials are warning local police departments to be on the look out for materials that could be used to make explosives. The warning came as officials investigate a suspected al-Qaida associate and raided three New York City apartments.
Investigators issued warrants to search the residences for explosives material but did not find any, according to a person briefed on the matter who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity.
The joint intelligence warning, issued Monday, lists indicators that could tip off police to homemade hydrogen peroxide-based explosives, such as people with burn marks on their hands, face or arms. The warning was obtained by The Associated Press.
Berkeley Cops Seize Bomb Materials From Home
July 20, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing explosive materials at a home in the Berkeley hills, police said today.
Emoru Oboke Obbanya, 27 was arrested at 976 Grizzly Peak Blvd. links.sfgate.com/ZHRK by officers investigating a 911 hang-up call at about 12:30 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.
Obbanya refused to open the door at first, then came outside and immediately closed the door, police Lt. Andrew Greenwood said. He appeared nervous, cursed the officers and refused to provide evidence that he lived there, police said.
Officers decided to search the home to make sure no one inside needed help, Greenwood said. They obtained a search warrant and found bomb-making chemicals and other items used to make explosives, police said.
Police said they didn’t know what Obbanya planned to do with the material. He was arrested on weapons and explosives charges and is being held on $121,500 bail.
Bomb Materials Found In Marine’s Baggage At Logan
April 19, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
State police and security officials say a U.S. Marine was arrested Sunday morning at Boston’s Logan International Airport after screeners found bomb-making materials, a gun and ammunition in his checked baggage.
Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Ann Davis says 22-year-old Cpl. Justin Reed, of Jacksonville, N.C., was booked on US Airways Flight 877 to Charlotte, N.C. Davis says Reed arrived in Boston on a flight from Las Vegas earlier Sunday morning. Davis says the TSA is trying to determine why the items were not detected during a screening in Las Vegas.
State police at Logan were notified about the items by the TSA screeners.
Reed was charged with possession of an infernal machine and possession of a concealed weapon in a secure area of an airport. Bail was set at $50,000.
Explosives Found – Apartment Complex Evacuated – San Diego
September 7, 2008 by national
Filed under Homeland Security Products, Stories of Interest
A Spring Valley apartment complex was evacuated Saturday night after a cache of military-style explosives was found nearby.
A man is jailed, but investigators are not saying much about the explosives found in a storage building that apparently prompted the arrest.
The ordnance was discovered in a concrete block storage room in the 9700 block of Dale Avenue around 7 p.m. Saturday, San Diego County sheriff’s Lt. Larry Nesbit said.
A nearby apartment complex was evacuated for nearly three hours while members of the sheriff’s Bomb-Arson Unit cleared the explosives, Nesbit said.
The lieutenant was unable to provide details about what kind ofexplosives were in the storage room, or how the man in custody was connected to them.
