Highway Patrol, FBI Agents Investigate MN Trucker
01/05/2007
It's an investigation involving a trucker, terrorist threats and satanic symbols. And it started just east of Sioux Falls. On Saturday, a truck headed from Minnesota to California didn't stop at the port of entry at the Minnesota-South Dakota line. So, a South Dakota HIghway Patrol trooper pulled the semi over.
Inside the truck's cab, troopers say they found satanic symbols, books on satanic rituals, and personal journals with threatening references, like shutting down the Minnesota State Capital. That's when they called in the FBI.
The port of entry, about 15 miles east of Sioux Falls on Interstate 90, is where a routine traffic stop escalated into a federal investigation.
“From my understanding, there appeared to be some uncooperative actions and some vagueness in responses to the trooper's questions as well,” said Captain Kevin Joffer with the South Dakota Highway Patrol in Sioux Falls.
But Joffer says the trooper was even more concerned by what he found inside the cab of the truck. “There were some booklets containing some satanic type info,” he said. “It just led the officer to believe based on some targets he mentioned such as the Minnesota State Capitol and an air craft carrier just things the trooper felt needed to be followed up on.”
Since the trucking industry has been identified as a possible method for terrorists to attack the United States, the trooper called in two FBI agents from Sioux Falls.
“We have soldiers who are protecting out homeland in various ways, but a lot of time our law enforcement people including our troopers are in our country as the first line of defense against people transporting illegal things or engaged in illegal activity,” Joffer said.
That's why Joffer says it's important that every threat be taken seriously. “It's our job to protect the public and follow up on things that need to be looked at further. The driver was held for questioning but was never arrested,” he said.
The 40-year-old driver was cited for not keeping his log book. We called the Minnesota company he works for, and as of now, he still has a job.
Oh gee I'm so happy he still has his job, after all what's a little devil worshipping here & there and blowing up a state capitol or aircraft carrier for good measure? /sarc
This PC gar-bage in this country will eventually get many people killed.
Upates on this incident appreciated.
I wonder what the name is of the cited trucker.