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Search Results 10/28/05 (Google News Alerts & Alta Vista Search):

SCHOOL + THREAT:

Allentown, PA:
Another Threat at Muhlenberg Elementary
(Real Player Video Clip at the above link)
(Threat was found inside the school)
(...) THE THREAT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THE PARADE SCHEDULED FOR OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL TOMORROW.THIS IS THE FOURTH BOMB THREAT AT MUHLENBERG ELEMENTARY IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. POLICE SAY THE FIRST THREE WERE HOAXES, AND THEY DON'T YET KNOW WHO'S BEHIND THEM.

Ledyard, CT:
Bomb threat cancels day at Ledyard High School
(...)Ledyard Police and Ledyard Resident State Trooper were called to the school at 6:51 a.m. to investigate a threatening message found at an unspecified location in the school, police said.
Superintendent Michael Graner called for early dismissal at 8:30 a.m. and Ledyard police called on the State Police Emergency Services Unit to search the school with bomb-sniffing dogs.

Bentonville, AR (UPDATE)
Student Arrested After Writing Threat At High School
BENTONVILLE -- A 15-year-old student was arrested Thursday after someone wrote a death threat in a restroom at Bentonville High School.
The girl, a sophomore, was taken to the Benton County Juvenile Detention Center, Bentonville Police Chief James Allen said.

Laurens, IA
Bomb threat closes Laurens school
LAURENS, Iowa -- All public school students in the Laurens-Marathon District were sent home at noon Thursday after the district's pre-kindergarten through 12th grade campus was evacuated earlier in the day due a bomb threat.
(...)The threat, according to Braunschweig, came in the form of a pencil drawing found in a boys' rest room in the high school. On the drawing were the words "My School," and "My Bomb." The drawing was discovered by high school principal Fred Johnson while making his regular rounds of the facility at about 9 a.m., the superintendent said.

Santa Fe, NM:
Cops visit school on threat report
Police were called to Santa Fe High School on Wednesday after reports that a student threatened to take guns to the school and shoot other students, school officials said.
A female student told school officials that during a conversation Tuesday, a sophomore said he was upset about his girlfriend breaking up with him, and he was going to shoot students at the school who had upset him, said Sarah Schlosser-Moon, school district spokeswoman.

SUSPICIOUS

Los Angeles, CA:
Suspicious package shuts down Hollywood Boulevard
(Early Report...)
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. A portion of Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles has been closed to traffic while police investigate a suspicious package.
Los Angeles police Officer Sara Faden says an L-A-P-D bomb squad is en route to the 66-hundred block of Hollywood Boulevard where an unattended piece of luggage was found.

Palm Springs, CA
Bomb squad called out to false alarm at Palm Springs Airport
A false alarm this afternoon at the Palm Springs Airport, after TSA agents reported a suspicious device in a piece of checked luggage.
The Bomb Squad was called to check out what police said looked like a hand grenade.

Woonsocket, RI
(SUBSCRIPTION PAGE):
Suspicious pipe investigated in Woonsocket
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
WOONSOCKET -- Public safety officials in Woonsocket have closed part of Diamond Hill Road after a suspicious pipe was discovered, the police said. ...

Indianapolis, IN
Suspicious Suitcase Prompts Evacuation, Road Closure
INDIANAPOLIS -- A suspicious suitcase aboard an IndyGo bus brought traffic to a standstill in one of the city's busiest intersections Friday morning.
(...)Authorities opened the suitcase and found empty trash bags inside.

Atlanta, GA
Midtown Street Reopens After 'Suspicous' Device Scare
ATLANTA -- A "suspicious" device that prompted Atlanta police to close a portion of 10th Street was a hard plastic tool box, authorities said.
(...)Police reopened the street shortly before 12:30 p.m. after determining that the package was not dangerous.

Boise, ID:
(SUBSCRIPTION REQ'D)
Robber leaves suspicious device at Boise bank
KTVB - Boise,ID,USA
Witnesses said the suspect came in the bank around 12:09 pm, demanded money and left a suspicious device behind. He said it was a bomb. ...

Las Vegas, NV:
'All Clear' at City Hall
(I think this has been covered on the thread before. It happened on Thursday. - LR)
Las Vegas City Hall will be back to normal when it opens up Friday morning.
A portion of the building was in lockdown after white powder was found in an envelope. Police say two people brought the envelope into the police station at City Hall because it had threatening words on the front. When an officer opened the envelope the powder came out.

BOMB SEARCH RESULTS:

York County, PA
Trio indicted on federal bomb counts (Zip Code/Birthdate Reg. Req'd)
(...)Zachary M. Beck, 20, his brother Stephen, 18, and their friend Shannon Silknitter, 18, all of Windsor Twp., were indicted on charges of conspiracy, manufacturing of destructive devices and possessing destructive devices. Authorities say they built and set off five pipe bombs during a nine-day crime spree.
York County authorities have charged the trio with multiple counts of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, arson, weapons of mass destruction, use of weapons of mass destruction, risking a catastrophe, criminal mischief, recklessly endangering another person and criminal conspiracy. They are being held in York County Prison on $1 million bail.
Zachary Beck's girlfriend, Megan Anthony, 20, who is facing charges of arson, risking a catastrophe, criminal mischief, weapons of mass destruction, use of weapons of mass destruction and conspiracy, was released after her bail was reduced to $15,000.

(MORE INFORMATION RE: ABOVE STORY - No Reg. Req'd)
Three area men face federal bomb charges
Indictments follow explosions that damaged home in North Hopewell Township
Two brothers and their friend, already facing numerous state charges related to setting off pipe bombs in southern York County, were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg on charges of conspiracy and manufacturing and possession of destructive devices.

Des Moines, IA
Wal-Mart Store Receives Bomb Threat
DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Wal-Mart store in Windsor Heights has reopened after receiving a bomb threat.
The store was evacuated. Police did a sweep of the store and no evidence of a bomb was found.

COLLEGE CAMPUS RELATED:

Hannibal, MO
Bomb threat proves false
(Registration Req'd)
[If I were the Hannibal Police Chief, I'd be requesting funds to establish my OWN bomb squad after this - Hwy Patrol refuses to assist and check for threat - LR]
A bomb threat left on a truck parked at Moberly Area Community College Thursday night proved to be false. The note found on the truck at 8:17 p.m. said, "I wouldn't start the vehicle, (expletive)".
The truck, a 1985 GMC driven by a MACC student, was parked on a lot on the northern side of Hannibal Regional Office Center at 109 Virginia, which houses the college along with offices and the Swiss Colony business.
(...)When the threatening note was reported, Lawzano contacted the Missouri State Highway Patrol to request it bring a bomb squad from Jefferson City. He was informed the state patrol does not take its bomb squad to the scene, "unless we find something suspicious."

CHOCTAW EXPLOSION:

Teens admit to Choctaw explosions
(No names released despite the fact that two are 18 years old...)
CHOCTAW, Okla. -- Three Choctaw teenagers admit the caused an explosion earlier this week that alarmed nearby residents.
Police Chief Billy Carter says two 18-year-olds and a 16-year-old confessed to the Monday night blast in a field near an elementary and an intermediate school. There were no injuries and no damage.

Teens Behind Mysterious Choctaw Explosion
Police said three Choctaw teenagers admitted to causing an explosion Monday night near a metro school that alarmed neighbors and parents.

Three students confess to Choctaw explosion
CHOCTAW - Three Choctaw High School students have admitted causing an explosion Monday night in a field near two schools, police officials said Thursday.
An 18-year-old and two 16-year-old males were brought in for questioning after Choctaw police officials received information from other students the three were involved in the incident, Police Chief Billy Carter said.
(...)However, [Police Chief Billy] Carter said charges could be filed against the students early next week.

EXTRA LINKS:

Fired Florida professor offers no defense in terrorism-support trial
TAMPA, Florida - After hearing from U.S. government witnesses for nearly five months, an attorney for a fired college professor charged with aiding Palestinian terrorists rested his case yesterday without calling a single witness.
After summoning more than 70 witnesses, federal prosecutors rested their case earlier Thursday morning against Sami Al-Arian and three other defendants accused of raising money and supporting Palestinian Islamic Jihad or PIJ.