SANTA MONICA — Santa Monica police say suspicious activity has drawn their attention to three men, recently spotted on the Santa Monica pier.
Detectives say three Middle Eastern individuals were videotaping the pier in a suspicious manner. It happened three weeks ago. Apparently, a citizen saw the trio taking pictures at the pier and the surrounding area. That citizen then called police.
The same three individuals were also seen taking suspicious video in two other communities. The individuals have been identified, but no arrests have been made. Police are releasing few details about the case.
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Immigrants Hauled Away by FBI Agents (Jersey City, NJ - 8/11/05)
Thursday, August 11, 2005 FBI agents with the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force questioned two Jersey City men yesterday before taking them away in handcuffs for immigration violations, officials said.
"There was an anonymous tip regarding illegal immigrants at the address and they claimed that there was suspicious activity," FBI Special Agent Steve Siegel said yesterday about the men, who lived in a Tonnelle Avenue apartment building off Journal Square.
Pilot Indicted for Allegedly Smuggling Radioactive Material (Miami, FL - 8/11/05)
MIAMI (AP) -- A pilot has been indicted for allegedly smuggling radioactive material from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport to the Bahamas.
Harold DeGregory Junior of West Palm Beach appeared yesterday in federal Magistrate Court in Miami. A Fort Lauderdale grand jury has charged him with conspiracy to transport and smuggle property containing Iridium-192.
Ohio Plant Explosion Injures One Person (OH - 8/11/05)
Victim Flown To Pittsburgh Hospital
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio -- One person was life-flighted to Pittsburgh after an explosion at a hazardous waste plant just across the state line in Ohio.
The blast happened at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the WTI Plant in East Liverpool, Ohio