Posted on 11/14/2011 2:23:07 PM PST by granite
A traffic stop of a speeding vehicle led to the arrest of three men, who claimed to be Occupy Portland demonstrators, and the seizure of incendiary devices, gas masks and fireworks.
Traffic Safety Deputy Ryan Postlewait saw a gray Subaru Outback going southbound on Interstate 5 near milepost 245 at 8:40am. It was traveling at a high rate of speed. Using his radar, he verified the speed of the Subaru at 81mph. Postlewait initiated a traffic stop.
The driver of the car was identified as William Maxwell Patterson, 21. The passengers in the car were identified as Emery Nicholas Luff, 21 and Zachary Salzwedel-Kemp, 20. All three were from Klamath Falls.
During his initial contact with Patterson, Deputy Postlewait detected the odor of marijuana coming from the interior of the car. A search of the car yielded a baggie of marijuana and paraphernalia for smoking marijuana.
In addition to the marijuana, Postlewait found a quantity of firecrackers and two commercially manufactured mortars like those fired into the air during professional pyrotechnic displays. The mortars were contained in glass "Ball" canning jars. One was found on the floorboard at Luff's feet; the other was in a jacket belonging to Luff. Also found in the car were two gas masks, some protective eye goggles, and safety helmet.
All three suspects said that they had spent the night at the Occupy Portland demonstration. They admitted that they brought the seized items to the demonstration in preparation for a confrontation with police when they expected to be forcibly removed from the park. They admitted being at the protest during the police confrontation and had left about an hour before Postelwait stopped them.
During the earlier Occupy Portland confrontation between police and protesters, a Portland Police Officer was injured when protesters began throwing fireworks at them. These subjects denied being involved in throwing the fireworks at the Officer.
The subjects were questioned further about the explosives. Each of them said that they knew the "Ball" canning jar would explode and cause glass shrapnel to fly out and possibly cause injury to anyone close to it.
Salzwedel-Kemp and Patterson described an incident that occurred when they were younger. They put a homemade "Piccolo Pete" explosive inside a beer bottle and detonated it. The resulting explosion caused a shard of glass to fly into Salswedel; lacerating his leg so badly that he required stitches to close the wound.
All three were arrested and booked at the Marion County Jail:
Patterson is charged with Unlawful Possession of Fireworks and Possession of a controlled substance (less than 1 oz of marijuana). Patterson was cited & released from the jail with a December 12th court date. (photo attached)
Luff was charged with Unlawful Possession of Destructive Device, Unlawful Manufacture of Destructive Device and Unlawful Possession of Fireworks. Luff remains in jail with a court date of November 14th at 3:00pm. (photo attached)
Salzwedel-Kemp was charged with Unlawful Possession of Fireworks and Possession of a controlled substance (less than 1 oz of marijuana). Salzwedel-Kemp was cited & released from the jail with a December 12th court date. (photo attached)
The Portland Police Bureau was advised of the discovery and arrest. Officers working the demonstration were warned that other demonstrators might have devices similar to those seized from Luff, Patterson and Salzwedel-Kemp.
Those explosives emit a fair amount of CO2 and CO when they explode, don’t they?
Are you suggesting that the charges should have included global warming?
These Occupy protests must look like a Subaru dealership. I think they come standard with an Obummer 2012 sticker now.
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A young female friend bought an Outback in 1998. I was going to do the same until I started seeing bunches of Subarus with jackwagon bumper stickers. Bought a Grand Cherokee instead and am still driving it (proudly displaying my Molon Labe sticker).
It is not a professional firework. That is a consumer grade firework that you can get in some states.
All three were arrested and booked at the Marion County Jail
I’m not sure why the cops are claiming those are commercial-grade fireworks - I’ve bought plenty of those at roadside fireworks stands over the past few years.
Everyone sells those things on the 4th, News Year eve, etc..
Those are typical 4th of July type fireworks and low grade industrial masks/respirators, and firecrackers seen in the imaage you can hold in your hand and light.
These guys might be total idiots, but terrorist they are not.
These three little turds were way undercharged...
“The subjects were questioned further about the explosives. Each of them said that they knew the “Ball” canning jar would explode and cause glass shrapnel to fly out and possibly cause injury to anyone close to it.
Salzwedel-Kemp and Patterson described an incident that occurred when they were younger. They put a homemade “Piccolo Pete” explosive inside a beer bottle and detonated it. The resulting explosion caused a shard of glass to fly into Salswedel; lacerating his leg so badly that he required stitches to close the wound. “
This story should be sent to every useful idiot with a “I support the 99%” sticker or pin on themselves. If you support OWS, this is what you support - would-be terrorists and bombers.
If they exploded the bell jar by an explosive in a populated area, they could be charged under terrorism laws. If they did it in an empty cornfield, probably not, unless it was a test for future acts of terrorism.
It will be interesting to find out what else they are spilling to save their sorry asses from hard federal time.
Coulda woulda shoulda...
But not what happened.
Oregon is a state that doesn’t even let people pump their own gas, right?
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