This happened in my neighborhood. I live just a few minutes away and the cops that were killed worked in the district I live in. I’ve lived in this part of the city most of my life and I’ve seen it go from a nice area to slowly turning into a sewer.
Pennsylvania police officials say they were miffed, and concerned, over the apparent time lapse in reporting the incident.
Capt. William Parrish, of the Stroud Area Regional Police in Stroudsburg, said he received notification at midnight Monday. “We were told there was a guy in the area and we needed to raise our level of awareness,” Parrish said.
Christine said he didn’t learn of the incident until Tuesday.
“I’m disturbed that there appears no clear line of communication [from New Jersey] to the local police and myself about the situation,” Christine said. “I intend to make an inquiry that it doesn’t happen again.”
09/12/2007 10:07:27 AM PDT
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NJ police caught, released terror suspect sizing up I-80 bridge
A man who was questioned by New Jersey State Police on Monday and then let go after he was found taking photos of the Delaware Water Gap bridge was later discovered to be on the FBI’s national terrorist watch list.
The unidentified man, of Middle Eastern descent, claimed he was on vacation with his family after he was spotted on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River photographing the bridge, which connects Interstate 80 between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, said Monroe County District Attorney E. David Christine.
The man’s identity and the degree of suspicion attached to him by federal anti-terror officers were not immediately available.
A New Jersey State Police trooper based in Hope, N.J. said today he had no information on the incident, but Pennsylvania officials said they were notified by New Jersey late Monday night, hours after the suspect was discovered to be on the FBI list.
Pennsylvania’s Homeland Security Office in Harrisburg was also notified, as was the FBI.