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Suspect Plants Rice Cookers Around New York City, Causes Rush Hour Panic
Townhall.com ^ | August 16, 2019 | Cortney O'Brien

Posted on 08/16/2019 9:17:36 AM PDT by Kaslin

New York City has had its share of scares in recent years. In September 2016, a man planted two pressure cooker bombs in the neighborhoods of Chelsea and in New Jersey. One of them detonated and injured dozens of bystanders. The suspect, reportedly inspired by ISIS and Al Qaeda, was sentenced to life in prison. And I don't even need to get into how every September 11 there is a faded, yet ever present sense of fear in New Yorkers.

In other words, this is the last place to mess with citizens and leave strange devices around. Yet, the NYPD is currently searching for a person of interest who left three suspicious devices around downtown Manhattan, including at the Fulton Street subway station, one of the busiest hubs in the city. All three devices turned out to be harmless rice cookers, but the discovery disrupted the schedules of tens of thousands of commuters.

ADVISORY: Please avoid the area of Fulton St & William St in the Fulton St subway station (Manhattan) due to a police investigation. Expect a police presence and emergency vehicles in the area. Check @NYCTSubway for possible schedule changes. More info to follow. pic.twitter.com/aFIXuhYAf6— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) August 16, 2019

The police released two images of the supposed suspect.

The NYPD is looking to locate and identify this individual who’s wanted for questioning in regard to the suspicious items inside the Fulton Street subway station this morning in Lower Manhattan. Contact @NYPDTips at #800577TIPS with info — alert a cop or call 911 if you see him. pic.twitter.com/OFTJgPv2sw— Chief Terence Monahan (@NYPDChiefofDept) August 16, 2019

In a press conference just shy of 10 a.m. ET, the NYPD confirmed the three suspicious devices were empty rice cookers and gave the all clear.

Mayor Bill de Blasio thanked the NYPD for its swift action.

The NYPD has cleared the device found at 7th Avenue and 16th Street.

Thank you to New York’s Finest for their quick work and our fellow New Yorkers for keeping calm and patient as the NYPD did their work.

Investigations into this and the Fulton street incident are underway. https://t.co/yEyGSTyfrf— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) August 16, 2019



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 201609; 201908; newyorkcity; nypd; ricecookers
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1 posted on 08/16/2019 9:17:36 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

That’s actually a pretty good move...if you’re planning to place a real bomb in the near future.


2 posted on 08/16/2019 9:23:03 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Kaslin

Dry run


3 posted on 08/16/2019 9:23:42 AM PDT by Cyclops08
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To: Kaslin

He will be found as there is a pretty good picture of him:

https://twitter.com/NYPDChiefofDept/status/1162376593521696768?s=20

BTW..... he looks like a Lib


4 posted on 08/16/2019 9:25:06 AM PDT by Jayster
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To: Cyclops08

It should not be very difficult to find the perp(s).


5 posted on 08/16/2019 9:25:51 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (‘When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.’)
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To: Kaslin

I remember a while after a national poison scare, my building in downtown Seattle was shut down and raided by Seattle police and a hazmat team because someone reported white powder on the carpet. I kid you not.

It turned out to be powdered sugar from a dropped doughnut. The backlash was so bad that corporate sent out a companywide email (It was Washington Mutual Bank) trying to shame people for laughing at the person who reported it.

I remember at the time laughing at it, as we were leaving the building.

It’s so easy to put liberals in a panic.


6 posted on 08/16/2019 9:28:39 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
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Answers to the name "Butt-head"; known associate is "Beavis".
7 posted on 08/16/2019 9:30:35 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Kaslin

At the same time they could go Jimmy Kimmel and start using a pirate radio station to broadcast fake EAS signals.


8 posted on 08/16/2019 9:30:39 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Jayster

He probably is a rat.


9 posted on 08/16/2019 9:31:17 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Jayster

The dude looks like antifa.


10 posted on 08/16/2019 9:31:38 AM PDT by sevlex
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> he looks like a Lib <

And a stupid one at that. You’d think at least he’d cover up his tattoo and wear Groucho Marx glasses.


11 posted on 08/16/2019 9:36:59 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Kaslin

Antifa all over this creep. He needs a serious ass-kicking while resisting arrest.

12 posted on 08/16/2019 9:41:59 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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He looks more than a bit like Anthony Weiner.


13 posted on 08/16/2019 9:44:32 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: cuban leaf
It turned out to be powdered sugar from a dropped doughnut. The backlash was so bad that corporate sent out a companywide email (It was Washington Mutual Bank) trying to shame people for laughing at the person who reported it.

I was the leader of a hazmat team. Bank personnel seemed to be the worst when it came to freaking out over absolutely anything. They should be made fun of.

14 posted on 08/16/2019 9:49:51 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: Menehune56

Is that Carlos Danger’s kid?


15 posted on 08/16/2019 9:58:05 AM PDT by null and void (Heaven has an impenetrable wall, and a welcoming gate for those qualified, Hell is wide open.)
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To: NorthMountain

As you say...


16 posted on 08/16/2019 9:58:31 AM PDT by null and void (Heaven has an impenetrable wall, and a welcoming gate for those qualified, Hell is wide open.)
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To: Jayster

Gonna be hard to miss that neck


17 posted on 08/16/2019 9:59:31 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: Kaslin

Stoopid nu yukker.....as anyone knows, rice cookers need open fields with lots of water and sun. those ‘planted rice cookers’ will never grow.....

KYPD


18 posted on 08/16/2019 10:05:08 AM PDT by petro45acp (CHAOS TO THE ENEMY!!! It is part of daily prayer now....every bit helps to get America back.)
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To: fireman15

They should be made fun of.


That’s kinda how I saw it. BTW, this was one of our corporate buildings downtown. IT department.


19 posted on 08/16/2019 10:06:59 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
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To: Jayster

Dudes dead meat


20 posted on 08/16/2019 10:31:48 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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