Posted on 02/04/2003 9:35:13 PM PST by csvset
Va. trooper shot during water contamination investigation
By the Associated Press
Published February 4, 2003
ACCOMACK, Va. --
A Virginia state trooper was shot Tuesday night in Accomack County while investigating a possible plot to contaminate water supplies.
Col. Gerald Massengill, state police superintendent, said the trooper had been taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Massengill said the trooper was executing a search warrant on Virginia's Eastern Shore between 10 and 10:30 p.m. in connection with an investigation into a possible plot to contaminate water supplies.
The investigation was being conducted by the state police, the FBI and the Accomack Sheriff's Office. The FBI could not immediately be reached and a dispatcher at the Sheriff's Department could not provide any information.
Massengill did not release the trooper's name or any information about possible suspects or other injuries.
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They don't know who in hell he is: fake name, fake documents, fake Social Security number.
Mississippi EMA received a phone call that the water system in Columbus(MS) had been poisoned
State Trooper Shot, Another Man Killed
(Accomac, VA, February 5th, 2003, 7:22 a.m.) A state and federal investigation into a fraud case resulted in the shooting of a Virginia state trooper on Virginia's Eastern Shore, and another person was shot to death.
The shootout happened late last night as local authorities, state police and federal agents served a warrant at a home in the community of Accomac. Phil Mann with the Norfolk FBI office says the trooper was shot in the arm. Virginia State Police have not released the trooper's name. Mann says authorities were attempting to arrest Ipolito "Polo'' Campos at his home in Accomac. He says that someone in the home fired on the FBI agents, troopers and Accomack County Sheriff's deputies, and the trooper was wounded.
Mann says a second individual was shot and died. He would not identify the person, but did not say that the victim was a law enforcement official. Mann says authorities were investigating Campos on charges relating to fraud and fake Social Security identification. Mann says the region's Joint Terrorism Task Force was checking into claims that Campos had threatened to poison Virginia's water supplies. But he says there is "no credible evidence'' to support that claim. The case is still under investigation.
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Now that you mention it, there is a compound of them that were chased out of CA in a rural VA area. I can't think of the location exactly, but I think it's in the south central area.
Hey J.T., you still holdin'?!
LOL...MUD
And I bet a Dollar that this won't be on the news. It will be deemed Non-news by the Elite media, even though it looks like some people are trying to KILL PEOPLE by using Terrorist techniques.
Remember the OLD Messengill commercials where the well-to-do mother said to the daughter "We come from a good family"? That always really impressed me! ;)
Feb 04, 2003
VCU will test water for city
Anti-terrorism program adds level of security
BY REX SPRINGSTON TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
In an effort to detect terrorism, Virginia Commonwealth University scientists will test Richmond's water for dangerous contaminants.
The tests will look for highly contagious germs, radioactive contaminants and toxic chemicals such as pesticides. The program is unique in Virginia and may be unique in the country, VCU officials said.
"While our obvious priority is protecting against terrorist acts, the monitoring system provides added detection of naturally occurring risks as well," said Dr. Shelley A. Harris, a VCU epidemiologist leading the program's development.
Richmond tests its water now for such things as fecal bacteria, fluoride and lead. The VCU tests will look for many more pollutants, particularly those that are highly toxic or highly contagious to people, Harris said.
"We have a very broad capability to detect anything unusual in the water supply," she said.
Nothing is wrong with the city's water, Richmond officials emphasized. The new tests are designed to provide extra protection for the 500,000 people who drink water from Richmond. Those customers are in the city and in parts of Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico counties.
City officials approached VCU about devising the tests, school officials said. Richmond is paying VCU $140,000 to develop the program, and the city probably will take it over eventually.
Preliminary tests began last summer, Harris said. The full program should be running in about two months.
The tests will provide preliminary data in a couple of hours. Depending on the contaminant, confirmation may take a few more hours or even days.
Richmond workers collect water samples for the tests. The samples include raw water from the James River as well as treated water from the city's water-treatment plant and from individual taps.
The program is a good example of preparing for terrorism instead of simply responding to it, Harris said. "I think the city should get some credit for it."
VCU officials declined to disclose the types of tests they will run or the equipment they will use. Disclosing such details would make it easier for terrorists "to avoid the surveillance that we are doing," said Dr. Cliff Fox, assistant director of VCU's Center for Environmental Studies. The center is the main section of VCU involved in the testing program.
VCU also is developing an emergency-response plan in the event of contamination. The plan could include warnings to neighborhoods or the entire region. The warnings could call for actions such as boiling water, avoiding water altogether or evacuating a neighborhood, Fox said.
Dr. Greg C. Garman, director of VCU's environmental center, called the collaboration with the city "a unique alliance among microbiologists, molecular biologists, epidemiologists, engineers, environmental scientists and policy-makers."
Mine is free flowing but I also have a generator to power the pump if necessary.
If Campos is alive, and two others dead, maybe "Campos" is the informer.
Yup: It's 800 feet down, but we've got a good pump - and a back-up generator for when the squirrels get in the transformer!
The dead guy has only been identified by his nickname, "Falco". Now Campos supposedly told someone in town that he, "was from a Arab country", along with the BS about poisoning the water supply.
This sounds like a severe case of "dumb ass things to say when you're an illegal alien".
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