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Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Malay Mail
Man with outstanding warrant climbs US Treasury gate, triggers bomb scare
WASHINGTON DC, July 28 — The US Secret Service arrested a man after he climbed a gate at the US Treasury building in Washington on Sunday at about 2.30 pm, the agency said in statement. Traffic in the area was blocked off as Washington's Metropolitan Police Department's bomb squad, 'out of an abundance of caution,' examined a bag the man had left on the sidewalk outside the fence, according to the statement from a Secret Service spokesperson. It was not an explosive device, the spokesperson added. The Treasury building is located next to the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. No Secret Service protectees were at the White House at the time, the statement said. The suspect was charged with unlawful entry and in connection with an outstanding warrant and was taken to a local hospital for a medical evaluation, according to the statement. — Reuters
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
LAPD station evacuates after military ordnance is dropped off
A couple brought a military explosive device into a Los Angeles Police Department station Saturday afternoon in an attempt to dispose of it, spurring officials to temporarily evacuate the Pacoima station and nearby homes. The incident comes less than two weeks after an explosion killed three Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives — the deadliest incident for the Sheriff's Department in more than 150 years. Three agency veterans died in the incident: Dets. Joshua Kelley-Eklund, Victor Lemus and William Osborn. According to the LAPD, two people came into the Pacoima station at 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon and said they were cleaning out the home of a family member who recently died when they found what they believed were explosives. The department's bomb squad used a robot to take images of the plastic box the couple had brought, which had 'several military ordnances inside.' After deeming them safe to transfer, the bomb squad moved them to a storage facility for the U.S. military to collect. In the latest twist in the case in which the sheriff's detectives were killed, one of the grenades found before the explosion is missing, authorities said Friday. Two hand grenades were discovered in a Santa Monica town home complex — one of them exploded with deadly results, and the other one "is unaccounted for at this time," Sheriff Robert Luna said. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Reuters
2 days ago
- Reuters
Man arrested at US Treasury building after climbing gate, agency says
July 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service arrested a man after he climbed a gate at the U.S. Treasury building in Washington on Sunday at about 2:30 p.m., the agency said in statement. Traffic in the area was blocked off as Washington's Metropolitan Police Department's bomb squad, 'out of an abundance of caution,' examined a bag the man had left on the sidewalk outside the fence, according to the statement from a Secret Service spokesperson. It was not an explosive device, the spokesperson added. The Treasury building is located next to the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. No Secret Service protectees were at the White House at the time, the statement said. The suspect was charged with unlawful entry and in connection with an outstanding warrant and was taken to a local hospital for a medical evaluation, according to the statement.
CBS News
3 days ago
- CBS News
Suspicious device forces evacuation, brings bomb squad to LAPD's Foothill Station
A suspicious device located outside of the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Station in Pacoima prompted evacuations and brought a bomb squad to the scene on Saturday afternoon. The discovery was made at around 2:30 p.m. outside of the station, which is located at 12760 Osborne Street, according to police. Both the station and the surrounding area were evacuated as bomb squad investigator surveyed the item. No further information was provided. This is a developing story. Check back for details.
CBS News
4 days ago
- CBS News
ATF, Sheriff provide update in explosion that killed 3 LA County deputies
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are expected to provide an update on the explosion that killed three deputies at the Biscailuz Training Facility. The Sheriff's Department identified the deputies killed in the explosion as detectives Joshua Kelley-Eklund, Victor Lemus and William Osborn, who were all members of the Arson Explosives Detail, the agency's bomb squad. "There are no words to express the pain and sorrow we feel," LA County Sheriff Luna said. "These heroes represented the best of our Department, exemplifying courage, integrity, and selfless service. This is not only a heartbreaking loss for their families, but for all of us." The deadly explosion happened on July 18 at the sheriff's Biscailuz Training Facility in East L.A. Senior law enforcement officials told CBS News that the LASD's bomb squad recovered at least one grenade in a Santa Monica garage along the 800 block of Bay Street the day before the explosion. Deputies from the department's Arson Explosives Detail held the explosive overnight and were working to render it safe when it exploded. The incident represented the largest loss of life for the department since 1857, Luna said. L.A. County was founded in 1850. Immediately after the explosion, the ATF deployed its National Response Team to investigate the explosion with LASD. The NRT was deployed to the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, the Oklahoma City bombing and the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta. The team most recently deployed ot the deadly fireworks explosion in Northern California. LASD and the federal agents have served search warrants at a handful of properties in Marina del Rey and the Santa Monica garage, where the deputies recovered the grenade.
