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| Man Threatens Amtrak Crew |
| 2007-05-14 |
| An Amtrak train carrying more than 200 passengers was evacuated near Denver after a passenger threatened the crew and others on board, claiming he had a weapon and bomb, an Amtrak spokeswoman said early Monday. Police met the California Zephyr train about 22 miles west of Denver late Sunday after the crew alerted authorities about the unidentified passenger's threats Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Romero said. Authorities detained the man for questioning and did a sweep of the baggage car and the passenger car where he was sitting. The man was carrying a knife, and a bomb-sniffing dog focused on his bag, Romero said. "There was something that was in that bag that made the dog stop," Romero said, declining to elaborate. Police turned the suspect over to the FBI. Prolly just a nut, but stayed tuned. |
| Posted by:GK |
| #6 Perhaps the train crew were the ones needing to be locked up. It is Amtrak, after all. |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-05-14 18:12 |
| #5 Last time I took Amtrak my conductor hat the little Wahhab knit cap, bald head, and full beard. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-05-14 16:47 |
| #4 "This train is going to Havana!" |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-05-14 14:25 |
| #3 So he alledgedly tried to blow up a train; did he burn his lips on the exhaust pipe? |
| Posted by: USN. Ret. 2007-05-14 13:58 |
| #2 In the old days, a couple of Conductors would've tossed him off the moving train. |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-05-14 12:33 |
| #1 Update: The FBI released a man Monday who was suspected of causing the evacuation of an Amtrak passenger train near Denver. It turns out that there was never a threat on boar [sic] the train Sunday night. The FBI calls the incident a "complete misunderstanding." Special Agent Rene VonderHaar of the Denver FBI office says the man was let go Monday morning after several hours of questioning. The man was on his way to a vacation. He was taken to Denver International Airport to board a flight. His name and hometown have NOT been released. There's no word on what was in the man's bag, or why a bomb-sniffing dog focused on it for a time./em> The train crew alerted authorities after the man threatened passengers and crew with a weapon and a bomb, and the FBI release him as harmless? I do hope it's because they're following him as he goes to meet the head of Al Qaeda in America. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-05-14 12:28 |