Significant Amount Of Explosive Devices, Bomb-Making Material
POSTED: 11:48 am PDT May 28, 2004
JOSHUA TREE, Calif. -- Explosives found in a downtown home in Joshua Tree have forced authorities to shut down a half-mile stretch of State Highway 62 in the high desert.
Sheriff's deputies were chasing a suspect east of the Circle K convenience store Friday morning when the suspect went into the home. Another man was allegedly making explosive devices, and the sheriff's bomb squad was called in.
Investigators say they found a significant amount of explosive devices and bomb-making material.
The California Highway Patrol has shut down Highway 62 between Park and Sunburst. A bomb squad robot is being used to enter the house.
Something disrupted.
A stones throw from the Twentyninepalms Marine Corps base:
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Will we ever know who owned this house?
Shortly after 9-11, I was traveling home from San Diego to Pocatello along I-15. I stopped for gas and a restroom break. The waste basket in the bathroom had a moderately long, handwritten note in Arabic taped to it. The basket was on the floor and rotated to keep the note mostly out of plain view. It may well have been a "dead drop". Too bad. It was discarded in dumpster near Nephi, UT. Oops.