Businessman Charged by Feds with Aiding Iran Nuclear Program (CA & CT - 1/11/05)
By MATT APUZZO Associated Press Writer January 11, 2005, 7:59 PM EST
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- An Iranian-born businessman illegally smuggled equipment to support the Iranian nuclear missile program, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Mohammad Farahbakhsh, 43, an Iranian-born U.S. citizen living in Los Angeles, was arraigned in U.S. District Court Tuesday on charges that he sent pressure sensors and other equipment from Stamford to the United Arab Emirates, where they were to be shipped to Iran........
A tense day in Carter County. The bomb squad was called in after a man found a suspicious device in his truck. State Police say the device appeared to be a pipe bomb. The state bomb squad was called in from Frankfort. Police shutdown a stretch of Highway 1496 that runs in front of the home....
Suspicious Car seen Tailing School Buses (Oregon - 1/12/05)
January 12, 2005 Marion and Clackamas County sheriff's deputies are on the lookout for a suspicious vehicle that was seen following two school buses in recent days near the Butte Creek School.
The vehicle appeared to be a former police car with a spotlight near the door and a CB antenna, the Silver Falls School District said. The driver also was described as wearing some type of uniform.
The license plates on the car might be WDY279.
Butte Creek School, between Molalla and Silverton, is in the Silver Falls School District. Parents and students are urged to take extra precaution at rural and isolated bus stops.
Suspicious Package Shuts Down Corps of Engineers (GA - 1/11/05)
A package arrived at a federal building in Savannah this morning with a powdery residue coming from inside the box. So, in the wake of post-911 anthrax scares, no one was taking any chances.....
Police Close Store after Suspicious Bag Found (Rochester, NY - 1/11/05)
A bomb scare shut down the WalMart Supercenter on Hudson Avenue in the city for nearly 3-hours Tuesday.
Rochester Police say an employee called for help after finding a suspicious duffle bag inside the store near the front entrance. While investigating, police blocked-off the parking lot to incoming traffic. Employees were told to wait outside. Police say there was nothing dangerous in the bag. “All they found was a bunch of tools but they did make the bag extremely heavy and there was wires sticking out and it was all just part of some property that was inside the bag,” said Sergent Charles Zlotkus from the Rochester Police Department. The store re-opened around 1:30 p.m.
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"Businessman charged by feds with aiding Iran nuclear program"
By MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writer
January 11, 2005, 7:59 PM EST
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.