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Gang Task Force's Building Rigged to Explode in Hemet [LA/San Jacinto CA]
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| 12/31/2009
Posted on 12/31/2009 7:40:44 PM PST by Ladycalif
Updated 2:43 PM PST, Thu, Dec 31, 2009
Gang task force members in Hemet are lucky to alive Thursday after they noticed their office was flooded with natural gas in an apparently deliberate attempt to cause a deadly explosion, police said.
"It was basically designed so that once somebody came in and moved around a little bit, it would have gone off," said Hemet police Lt. Duane Wisehart. "At the very least, it would have leveled the building and killed whoever was inside."
Wisehart told the Southwest Riverside News Network that there is no doubt the trap was meant for members of the Hemet/San Jacinto Valley Gang Task Force.
Officers arriving for work were saved by their instincts."They were able to recognize right away that something was wrong," Wisehart told the North County Times.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbclosangeles.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; gang; gangs; helmet; helmetexploded; hemet; ied; immigrantlist; improvised; naturalgas; riverside; tm; wod; wot
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posted on
12/31/2009 7:40:45 PM PST
by
Ladycalif
To: Ladycalif
To: Ladycalif
I thought this was Hemet in Afghanistan.... :-(
3
posted on
12/31/2009 7:43:10 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(Albore can uninvent the internet about as well as 0bama can unjump the shark)
To: Ladycalif
as a rule, when you post stuff like this it is really, really good to put the location in the headline as in (CA) or somesuch. because most everyone has never heard of this place.
4
posted on
12/31/2009 7:44:29 PM PST
by
dep
(how about next time we don't nominate someone who apologizes for being there)
To: spokeshave
Must be those “disgruntled Vets” they warned us about. (sarc)
5
posted on
12/31/2009 7:45:01 PM PST
by
Ladycalif
(Justice for Agent Rosas - Secure the Border.)
To: tubebender; SouthTexas; Squantos; Larry Lucido
Some heads-up thinking saved some lives here.
As Squantos says: Stay Safe!
6
posted on
12/31/2009 7:46:25 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(Wait, what?)
To: spokeshave
At first glance I thought their helmet’s blew up. What?
To: Ladycalif
California becomes Venezuela?
8
posted on
12/31/2009 7:52:02 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards,com)
To: Ladycalif
Explode in HemetExplode in Helmet?
9
posted on
12/31/2009 7:52:30 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(America has been dead for a while; It's interesting to watch the cadaver cool.)
To: Lazamataz
10
posted on
12/31/2009 7:53:35 PM PST
by
Ladycalif
(Justice for Agent Rosas - Secure the Border.)
To: GeronL
11
posted on
12/31/2009 7:53:56 PM PST
by
Ladycalif
(Justice for Agent Rosas - Secure the Border.)
To: Ladycalif
So who’s helmet exploded?
12
posted on
12/31/2009 7:57:24 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(America has been dead for a while; It's interesting to watch the cadaver cool.)
To: dep
Hemet is usually pretty close to Shemet.
Whichever one is North, and which is South, varies.
Cheers!
13
posted on
12/31/2009 7:59:30 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: dep
as a rule, when you post stuff like this it is really, really good to put the location in the headline as in (CA) or somesuch. because most everyone has never heard of this place. Hemet is just north of Sholdas
14
posted on
12/31/2009 7:59:45 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Over-production, too much food, one of the annual top 5 worries of the American Farmer)
To: Lazamataz
So whos helmet exploded?
lol That was my first read as well - those dang exploding helmets when are the gubberment gunna do sufin bout dem.
Mel
15
posted on
12/31/2009 8:00:35 PM PST
by
melsec
(Jesus is the reason for the season!)
To: Ladycalif
Gang task force members in Hemet are lucky to alive Thursday after they noticed their office was flooded with natural gas in an apparently deliberate attempt to cause a deadly explosion, police said. "It was basically designed so that once somebody came in and moved around a little bit, it would have gone off," said Hemet police Lt. Duane Wisehart. "At the very least, it would have leveled the building and killed whoever was inside." I don't get it, you walk in and smell gas, you turn off the gas, what does it mean "It was basically designed so that once somebody came in and moved around a little bit, it would have gone off,"?
Once I went with a friend to evict a tenant, no one answered the door but I thought that I smelled gas, so I told my friend, "let's go back downstairs and turn it off at the meter, fetch a ladder and go through a window (in case the door was rigged)", it just wasn't a big deal.
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posted on
12/31/2009 8:02:56 PM PST
by
ansel12
(anti SoCon. Earl Warren's court 1953-1969, libertarian hero, anti social conservative loser.)
To: Ladycalif
I think this will qualify for the stupidest act of 2009. Just in time, too.
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posted on
12/31/2009 8:03:23 PM PST
by
sig226
(Bring back Jimmy Carter!)
To: Ladycalif
Officers arriving for work were saved by their instincts." Good grief. What drivel. They were "saved" by their noses when they went in and smelled the damn gas. The End.
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posted on
12/31/2009 8:08:14 PM PST
by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: Ladycalif
Just what I was thinking-another gift from Mexico in that they have no compuntion about killing cops.
To: ansel12
You're dealing with a lot of variables. A few weeks ago in Knoxville a house blew up due to gas. I mean as in nothing left gone. No real warning and two of the residents were asleep and were blown out of the house and survived. Their son who likely must have been the unfortunate one to trigger the spark when he came home didn't make it out alive.
Gas can concentrate in lower areas like basements, air ducts, etc, and blow a structure sky high with nary a sniff of foul odor noticed.
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posted on
12/31/2009 8:29:57 PM PST
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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