Posted on 10/02/2013 4:34:01 PM PDT by oxcart
Jacksonville International Airport in Florida was closed for six hours after a man going through security told a checker that he had a bomb hidden inside his camouflage backpack, authorities said Wednesday.
The man, Zeljko Causevic, was charged with having a hoax bomb. He told authorities that the device — a luggage scale with two batteries and a microchip, plus a remote “detonator” — was “supposed to be a bomb, but it’s not.”A second man was stopped in an airport garage for acting suspiciously and was charged with resisting arrest, but he did not appear to be connected to Causevic, an airport spokesman, Michael Stewart, told reporters. Advertise | AdChoices
The second man was identified by authorities as Manuel Rivera, 35, of Rockford, Ill.
Causevic, 39, who lives in Jacksonville, was going through security just after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday when he made the remark about a bomb to a Transportation Security Administration agent, according to an arrest warrant.
A source close to the investigation told NBC News on Wednesday that the main suspect was known to counterterrorism officials.
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Maybe I miss too much local news; but 'appears' this is already, a 'move on; folks' story.]
Why doesn’t “oh, we knew about him” provide any comfort? /rhetorical
Thank you, thank you, thank you — for naming Florida as the state where Jacksonville International (JAX) is located.
Could not determine from other posts.
The NSA knows everything about this jamoke; too bad that Homeland Security was on break and could not answer the phone.
The union says that they need a twenty minute break every forty minutes or less;so as not over exert the workers.
They knew about the Boston Bombers as well. Fat lot of good that did.
Interesting update:
“His neighbor ‘Bella’, who wishes not give a last name, says Vesna, 42, came to her home Tuesday worried about her husband. Vesna told Bella that Zeljko was acting psychotic and that he took her phone and was pacing around.
Bella says Zeljko told Vesna “they’d be sorry.” Vesna then told Bella that she was taking the kids and staying at a hotel.
Bomb squad and officials were in the neighborhood last night, Bella says, but she has not seen officials today. “
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