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Suspicious Tractor-Trailer Empty [Connecticut]
MSNBC.com ^ | October 8, 2010, updated 23 minuts ago | n/a

Posted on 10/08/2010 6:25:42 PM PDT by Cindy

SNIPPET: "BRANFORD, Conn. — Police and FBI agents Friday night said a tractor-trailer stopped in Branford, Conn., and suspected of carrying explosives was empty, NBC station WVIT of Hartford reported."

SNIPPET: "Police were told to be on the lookout for a brown Peterbilt tractor-trailer that may have a bomb in it that was en route from Rhode Island to New York City, the New Haven Register reported. Officers were told if they encountered it to stop it and create a perimeter and stand by. Branford is about 80 miles north of New York City.

In another incident, around 6:21 p.m. Friday, a Connecticut state trooper shot and killed a motorist after what police said was a routine traffic stop on I-84 near Danbury, the Courant reported. Danbury is about 45 miles away from Branford.

The driver opened fire on the officer, who returned fire and shot the motorist multiple times. The trooper was uninjured, the Courant said.

The two passengers fled."

SNIPPET: "On Wednesday, two men were found in a Mercedes with what appeared to be a pipe bomb, ammunition, gas masks and other materials."

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


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KEYWORDS: ammo; ammunition; bomb; branford; connecticut; danbury; explosives; gasmasks; mercedes; newyorkcity; ny; nyc; peterbilt; pipebomb; rhodeisland; ri; tractortrailer; truck
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1 posted on 10/08/2010 6:25:46 PM PDT by Cindy
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EXCERPTING doesn’t do this article justice.
Click on the link and read it.

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Thanks special emailer for the link to this article.


2 posted on 10/08/2010 6:26:41 PM PDT by Cindy
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K...... where's the load that they had?

/johnny

3 posted on 10/08/2010 6:27:15 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Cindy

Probing


4 posted on 10/08/2010 6:27:59 PM PDT by VTenigma
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To: Cindy

Are the mooselimbs routing out the mole?


5 posted on 10/08/2010 6:28:38 PM PDT by aces
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To: Cindy

All the authorities are saying is that the truck they were looking for and stopped was EMPTY.

They didn’t say whether the driver and passenger are still in custody or whether any explosive or radioactive traces were found.

Also nearby,

Strange things going on in CT:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39584795/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

In another incident, around 6:21 p.m. Friday, a Connecticut state trooper shot and killed a motorist after what police said was a routine traffic stop on I-84 near Danbury, the Courant reported. Danbury is about 45 miles away from Branford.

The driver opened fire on the officer, who returned fire and shot the motorist multiple times. The trooper was uninjured, the Courant said.

The two passengers fled.

The highway was closed in both directions Friday night.
On Wednesday, two men were found in a Mercedes with what appeared to be a pipe bomb, ammunition, gas masks and other materials. Authorities say it’s unclear whether they planned to use the explosives because they are not talking to investigators. Both were being held on $500,000 bond.


6 posted on 10/08/2010 6:29:59 PM PDT by jimbo123
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On Wednesday, two men were found in a Mercedes with what appeared to be a pipe bomb, ammunition, gas masks and other materials. Authorities say it's unclear whether they planned to use the explosives because they are not talking to investigators. Both were being held on $500,000 bond. this is the final paragraph in this article. You would think it should be the first part.
7 posted on 10/08/2010 6:32:31 PM PDT by ColdOne (GOP. Gutless Old Politicians :^)).....)
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To: jimbo123

Yes, well they just updated their thread.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39584795/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

“No bomb found in suspicious tractor-trailer
FBI surrounded truck off I-95 in Conn.; trooper kills motorist in I-84 traffic stop”

NBC News and news services
updated 11 minutes ago


8 posted on 10/08/2010 6:33:07 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: ColdOne

I’ll check for updates later tonight and start new threads if something new pops up.


9 posted on 10/08/2010 6:34:29 PM PDT by Cindy
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Meanwhile, the white Mac track filled with explosives got thru...

I’d question the source and immediately think disinformation


10 posted on 10/08/2010 6:35:40 PM PDT by sten
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Deadheading!


11 posted on 10/08/2010 6:36:22 PM PDT by doc1019 (Martyrdom is a great thing, until it is your turn.)
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To: Cindy

No bomb found in THIS tractor trailor, but no word on whether there was a bomb and it was transferred to a different vehicle or whether the driver and passenger are still in custody.


12 posted on 10/08/2010 6:37:15 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Cindy

Times are hard, semi trucks have to carry empty cargoes.


13 posted on 10/08/2010 6:37:31 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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Empty? That’s just what the terrorists would like us to believe! /s


14 posted on 10/08/2010 6:37:31 PM PDT by black_diamond
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To: Cindy

Trial run...decoys?


15 posted on 10/08/2010 6:38:18 PM PDT by South40 (Filled with hatred for those who disagree, democrats are the most intolerant bigots on earth)
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To: jimbo123

right.


16 posted on 10/08/2010 6:38:53 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: sten

Decoy truck or the bomb was offloaded onto another vehicle in CT.


17 posted on 10/08/2010 6:39:52 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Cindy
Nothing to see here folks. Go buy a Chevy Volt, stop drinking sugary drinks, and install solar panels.

...police and FBI agents Friday night said a tractor-trailer stopped in Branford, Conn., and suspected of carrying explosives was empty...

...troopers approached the vehicle and took the driver and a passenger into custody at gunpoint...

...the state police bomb squad was en route...

...Police were told to be on the lookout for a brown Peterbilt tractor-trailer that may have a bomb in it that was en route from Rhode Island to New York City...

...a Connecticut state trooper shot and killed a motorist after what police said was a routine traffic stop on I-84 near Danbury...

...the driver opened fire on the officer, who returned fire and shot the motorist multiple times...

...on Wednesday, two men were found in a Mercedes with what appeared to be a pipe bomb, ammunition, gas masks and other materials...

..both were being held on $500,000 bond...

18 posted on 10/08/2010 6:40:57 PM PDT by Gabrial (The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
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To: jimbo123

I figured the truck story was bogus.

But what is that about the pipe bomb??


19 posted on 10/08/2010 6:41:23 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Cindy
EXCERPTING doesn’t do this article justice. Click on the link and read it. You are so correct about that. Are they downplaying this?
20 posted on 10/08/2010 6:41:31 PM PDT by ColdOne (GOP. Gutless Old Politicians :^)).....)
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