Posted on 04/22/2006 10:44:17 PM PDT by bd476
WEST SACRAMENTO — A bomb squad was called in Saturday, after a man dropped a knapsack in a crowd of protesters outside a building President Bush was touring. Authorities later said it appeared to be a "sophisticated hoax device."
West Sacramento Deputy Police Chief Henry Serrano said the man dropped the knapsack in the middle of a street outside the California Fuel Cell Partnership, where Bush was giving an Earth Day talk on hydrogen fuel technology.
The suspect then ran into the crowd of about 1,500 protesters. Police who caught him said he appeared intoxicated and refused to identify himself.
The bomb squad later blasted the knapsack with a water cannon, and no explosives were found.
The bag, however, contained wires, junction boxes and heavy metal components fashioned "in a way that would lead one to not rule out that it was an explosive device," Serrano said. It appeared to be a sophisticated hoax, police said.
"The package was found while the president was in town. We're taking it very seriously," Serrano said.
Authorities said the suspect likely would be charged in the hoax. The man initially told officers that he found the bag and dropped it after being startled by its contents.
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Yolo County Supervisor Mariko Yamada said she was insulted Bush chose to celebrate Earth Day in her largely Democratic and environmentally conscious county, home of the "nuclear free zone" in the city of Davis.
'I just actually find it astounding and outrageous that he would come here on Earth Day," Yamada said. 'He's got one of the worst environmental records of all presidents in the last two to three decades...' "
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Sweet or racy dreams.
Your choice.
Nite you.
Night BG! :-)
Heavy metal to a retarded drive by media reporter is a steel box.
environmentally conscious county = brain dead socialists who believe government should control private property for the good of rats, cockroaches and snakes
Profound. I like that. Puts things in perspective. Very good BG.
Great idea.
Pfui on that! How about sweet and racy dreams!?
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