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Explosive found at Midvale
The Daily Bruin ^ | 10 Oct 2005 | By Richard Clough

Posted on 10/10/2005 2:13:03 PM PDT by .cnI redruM

An explosive device was detonated by the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad outside of 527 Midvale Ave. on Friday afternoon.

A calm and quiet Westwood was briefly disrupted Friday afternoon when the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad inspected and detonated an explosive device found within the Midvale Plaza apartment complex on the 500 block of Midvale Avenue.

After responding to a call made at 11:13 a.m., the bomb squad arrived at 527 Midvale Ave. to find "an improvised explosive device" in the building's open-air courtyard, said Grace Brady, a spokeswoman for the LAPD.

No injuries were reported, but authorities have been slow to release details about the incident and the device.

Residents said they first heard a small explosion sometime between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. Friday, but most said they went back to sleep. It was not until a resident found an explosive device later that morning that the police were called.

Police cars, FBI vehicles, ambulances, fire trucks and parking-enforcement vehicles blocked access to the street, and police officers restricted nearby pedestrian traffic while the bomb squad inspected the device. About 15 people waited at the corner of Midvale Avenue and Ophir Drive until they were allowed to return to their apartments near where the explosive was found.

Neither the apartment building nor nearby buildings were evacuated, but Paul Robi, a detective with the FBI bomb squad, said the squad executed "a moderate evacuation," which amounted to telling residents to stay off their balconies and in their apartments. Curious onlookers who stepped onto their balconies said they were immediately told to go back into their apartments.

Shortly after 1 p.m., the bomb squad remotely detonated the device. A low boom was audible for about a one-block radius, and several people who live across the street said they felt their apartments shake.

Beau Gillman, a second-year business economics student who lives across the street, said he heard shouts of "fire in the hole" before he heard and felt the explosion.

About five minutes later, police reopened the street to vehicles and pedestrians.

Most of the residents interviewed said they were aware of the situation, but they did not feel afraid or threatened. Most were surprised that someone would put an explosive in a Westwood apartment building.

Several residents said their apartments were briefly searched after the incident, but they said the searches did not appear to specifically target any residents. They also said it appeared to be apartment management who conducted the searches, though Midvale Plaza managers refused to comment.

Nancy Greenstein, director of the UCPD community services division, said UCPD officers were not on the scene Friday, but they routinely investigate suspicious packages. None of the recent calls to the department have revealed actual explosive devices, she said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bomb; explosives; oubombing; terrorism; ucla; westwood
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To: .cnI redruM

Funny in name only.

21 posted on 10/10/2005 2:44:02 PM PDT by steveo (Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
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To: .cnI redruM

Sounds like the old "cigarette time fuse and the cherry bomb" trick to me.


22 posted on 10/10/2005 2:45:21 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: LibertyRocks

''East Chicago, IN (Car bomb on I-94) ''

I don't know this one. Got a source? Thanks


23 posted on 10/10/2005 2:46:51 PM PDT by Lexington Green (Tell 'em lies and feed 'em candy...)
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To: kjam22
boom was audible for about a one-block radius

That ain't no "boom", that's a "pop".

My "booms" were heard a lot farther than that! Ah, the '60s.

24 posted on 10/10/2005 2:47:12 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Lexington Green

See http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=112096 for your source on the I-94 bomb. There is also a link in the posting to Chicago news.


25 posted on 10/10/2005 2:53:28 PM PDT by combat_boots (Dug in and not budging an inch. NOT to be schiavoed, greered, or felosed as a patient)
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To: Lexington Green; chilepepper; All

Sure thing here are the links...

East Chicago, IN:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1498190/posts
Sourced article is empty when I pull it, Thank God for FR...

Georgia Tech:
At FR:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1499882/posts
Here's the link to the last article I read, there may be more sources and info now...
http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=70306


26 posted on 10/10/2005 2:56:05 PM PDT by LibertyRocks
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To: Lexington Green; LibertyRocks

Ditto?!


27 posted on 10/10/2005 2:56:17 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Frank_Discussion

See post #26 for links. (o;


28 posted on 10/10/2005 2:57:24 PM PDT by LibertyRocks
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To: LibertyRocks

Danke, LR!


29 posted on 10/10/2005 2:58:21 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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Incident occured at Midvale Plaza Apartments

http://www.westwoodvillageapts4.com/
30 posted on 10/10/2005 3:02:57 PM PDT by BlackRain (Trust, but verify. - Ronald Reagan)
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Incident occured at Midvale Plaza Apartments

http://www.westwoodvillageapts4.com/
31 posted on 10/10/2005 3:05:07 PM PDT by BlackRain (Trust, but verify. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: steveo

LOL!


32 posted on 10/10/2005 3:06:51 PM PDT by johnny7 (“Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.”)
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To: Lizarde

The apartments website states -

"We are located on a lovely residential street, yet we are just minutes from UCLA.."


34 posted on 10/10/2005 3:08:33 PM PDT by BlackRain (Trust, but verify. - Ronald Reagan)
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Comment #36 Removed by Moderator

save


37 posted on 10/10/2005 3:18:28 PM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: .cnI redruM

Go ahead an say it. None of our politically correct citizens will do so.


38 posted on 10/10/2005 3:23:16 PM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: ncountylee

Is UCPD University of California Police Department?


39 posted on 10/10/2005 3:31:21 PM PDT by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
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To: SouthernFreebird

I'm beginning to lean that way.

I don't begrudge anyone wanting to come here for a better life. However, if they have come here to impose their religion upon us .. they made a serious mistake.


40 posted on 10/10/2005 3:40:58 PM PDT by CyberAnt (America has the greatest military on the face of the earth.)
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