AP Photo/Noah Berger Police escort an unidentified man after he allegedly made threatening statements while traveling aboard an Amtrak train on Wednesday
Posted on 06/08/2005 12:32:38 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) - A man who made threats and was seen leaving suspicious packages on an Amtrak train was being questioned Wednesday by the FBI as a bomb squad examined the items, police said.
The man, described as Middle Eastern and in his mid-30s, was approached by an Amtrak ticket taker and apparently became agitated after being told he had missed his stop, Lt. Mark Gagan said.
The man said "the train was going to fall into the sea and the train was going to disappear," according to Gagan.
Business and homes in the area were evacuated after an X-ray of one of three packages by authorities revealed some kind of electronic device, Gagan said. The train was also evacuated.
The man boarded the train in Sacramento, authorities said.
Maybe he thought he was at Universal Studios.
Send him to Gitmo /joke haha.
How dare they profile!? /Sarcasm
I wonder if he was from Lodi?
became agitated after being told he had missed his stop, Lt. Mark Gagan said.
Reminds me of a Twilight Zone episode....."sir, you have just made threats to destroy this train, and have left suspicious packages in various locations, but we are sorry to inform you that you have missed your stop....."
(wonder when the bombs were timed to go off.....)
Yeah, they were targeting hospitals & grocery stores?
Damn.....
Isolated? Maybe. Maybe not. Lodi -- location of son/father AQ linkage is halfway between the SF Bay Area and.... Sacramento. Think, Brain.. think... Honestly, I've never seen a terrorist the CA Dems didn't like... thinking, here...
"The man boarded the train in Sacramento, authorities said."
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Sacramento, huh?
I wonder if he knows where Lodi is.
Sleeper Terrorist TV Guide
SUNDAY
7:30 - My 33 Sons
8:00 - Osama Knows Best
8:30 - Let's Mecca Deal
9:00 - I Dream of Mohammed
9:30 - The Kabul Hillbillies
MONDAY
7:00 - Husseinfeld
7:30 - Mad About Everything
8:00 - Monday Night Stoning
8:30 - Win Bin Laden's Money
9:00 - Allah McBeal
TUESDAY
7:30 - Wheel of Terror
8:00 - The Price is Right if Osama Says It's Right
8:30 - Children are Forbidden from Saying the Darndest Things
9:00 - Taliban's Wackiest Public Execution Bloopers
9:30 - Buffy the Yankee Imperialist Dog Slayer
WEDNESDAY
7:00 - Beat the Press
8:00 - When Kurds Attack
8:30 - Two Guys, a Girl, and Pita Bread
9:00 - Just Shoot Everyone
9:30 - Veilwatch
THURSDAY
7:00 - Fatima Loves Chachi
7:30 - M*U*S*T*A*S*H
8:00 - Veronica's Closet Full of Long, Black, Shapeless Dresses and Veils
8:30 - Married with 139 Children
9:00 - Eye for an Eye Witness News
FRIDAY
7:00 - Judge Saddam
7:30 - Suddenly Sanctions
8:00 - Who Wants to Marry a Terrorist Millionaire
8:30 - Cave and Garden Television
9:00 - No Witness Left Alive News
SATURDAY
8:00 - Spongebob Squareturban
8:30 - Who's Koran Is It Anyway?
9:00 - Teletalibans
9:30 - Camel 54, Where Are you?
Dry run for the real thing, I think.
I hate cliffhangers......what was in the package I wonder?
Or was he just your everyday deranged terrorist running amok here in our country? Kinda like the guy border patrol let go after finding him with a bloody chainsaw. Sheesh!
FBI questions man on train after scare
http://www.bakersfield.com/24hour/nation/story/2464927p-10791453c.html
The Associated Press
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) - FBI agents and police evacuated an Amtrak train, seized a passenger and X-rayed his packages Wednesday after he angrily warned the train was going to "fall into the sea," authorities said. The packages were found to contain personal items and a laptop computer.
The man, described as Middle Eastern and in his mid-30s, was taken into custody for a 72-hour psychiatric examination, authorities said.
Business and homes in the area were evacuated after an X-ray initially suggested that the computer might have been a bomb, police Lt. Mark Gagan said.
"We take these situations at their face value that they could be potentially dangerous because we have a refinery and other major infrastructure facilities here in the city," Gagan said.
About 240 passengers were evacuated from the five-car Capital Corridor Train, said Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham. The train remained at the Richmond station for more than four hours while investigators searched the cars, preventing eight other trains from passing through. The train was finally released around midday.
The incident began at about 8 a.m. when the man was approached by an Amtrak ticket taker and apparently became agitated after being told he had missed his stop, Gagan said.
The man said "the train was going to fall into the sea and the train was going to disappear," according to Gagan.
AP Photo/Noah Berger Police escort an unidentified man after he allegedly made threatening statements while traveling aboard an Amtrak train on Wednesday
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