Huh? What's the deal with the folks down in South Florida? Is there something in the water down there?
Checking for fertilizer bombs.....
Posted on 05/16/2002 4:41:17 AM PDT by Dixie Mom
Wednesday, May 15, 2002
By SONJA BJELLAND, skbjelland@naplesnews.com
The theft of large quantities of fertilizer from some Southwest Florida farms has authorities concerned.
A report to the Lee County Sheriff's Office stated $80,000 worth of fertilizer was stolen from Farm Op on Six L's Farm Road in Estero. A quarterly inventory also revealed similar thefts from Six L's farms in Naples, LaBelle and Manatee County. The combined loot may total up to $500,000, stated the documents.
Authorities wouldn't disclose very many details surrounding the theft, including what kind of fertilizer and the quantity taken. They believe all of the fertilizer was stolen between February 2001 and May 1, 2002.
"Any time people start stealing fertilizer, it brings the antenna up a littler higher," said John Wilson, director of Lee County Emergency Management.
"Obviously, if someone is going to use this for its intended purpose that's just illegal. But if someone is stealing from three counties, that's something law enforcement is investigating to see if local groups would have an interest in that."
Wilson said there is no cause for alarm but he will follow the progress of the investigation. One concern is that it was a fertilizer bomb that blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Wilson said he did not know if the missing chemicals matched the type used for bombs.
Sources did not specify what type of fertilizer was stolen. With the quantity taken, law enforcement offices alerted Wilson as well as the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs.
Some types of fertilizer such as anhydrous ammonia also can be used to make methamphetamines.
State Attorney's Office spokesman Tony Schall said the Lee County Economic Crimes Unit will investigate.
The agriculture department has resources for investigating such crimes and was told the chemicals were missing.
"We've offered our assistance and we've asked to be kept informed," spokesman Terence McElroy said.
AP version of the story: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/florida/MGAXYEHT81D.html
Authorities Looking Into Fertilizer Thefts in Southwest Florida
The Associated Press
Published: May 15, 2002
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Authorities have been investigating a string of alleged thefts of up to $500,000 worth of fertilizer from farms in southwest Florida.
State and local investigators did not immediately disclose if the fertilizer was the type used to make bombs, said John Wilson, director of Lee County Emergency Management.
Authorities believe all of the fertilizer was stolen between February 2001 and May 1.
A report from the Lee County Sheriff's Office said $80,000 worth of fertilizer was stolen from Farm Op in Estero. A quarterly inventory also found similar thefts from Six L's Farms in Naples, LaBelle and Manatee County. The stolen goods may total up to $500,000, according to the reports.
"Any time people start stealing fertilizer, it brings the antenna up a littler higher," said Wilson.
Some types of fertilizer such as anhydrous ammonia also can be used to make methamphetamines.
Huh? What's the deal with the folks down in South Florida? Is there something in the water down there?
Checking for fertilizer bombs.....
Missing fertilizer, explosives and cyanide?
Are these clues or coincidence?
Anyone have a picture of this?????? ~grin~
I don't know the answer, but if pays to be vigilant. That article about how there was prior knowledge of 9/11 is going to go to a thousand posts. Hindsight is 20/20, as they say.
>Are these clues or coincidence?
Given the recent track record of the FBI, they will be regarded as just isolated thefts, totally unrelated. After all they can't investigate unless there is proof.
There was no such article. The President and his staff were given ambiguous warning that Bin Laden's goons might try to hijack some airliner. Whoopie.
Yes, I'm absolutely livid over every talking head attaching the president's name to that story. My lonely little threads usually don't get much attention, but I really should have been more careful. The horror of 9/11 was unimaginable.
I feel that the hyjacked load of cyanide in Mexico is a decoy to concentrate Federal people to the Mexican border.
We have plenty of cyanide here in the US that can be stolen by just removing one padlock from a gate.
I will not tell you where, but I know of one large quantity of cyanide that is secured by a single Master lock.
You don't have to tell us, but you might want to tell these guys: http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/
Anyone have a picture of this?????? ~grin~
How's this?
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