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| Los Angeles police hunting mystery man likened to Jason Bourne |
| 2010-04-30 |
| LOS Angeles police are hunting a mystery man who fled as they raided his apartment, leaving behind piles of bogus cash, high-tech counterfeiting equipment and weapons. The Los Angeles Times quoted police officers as saying that the 33-year-old suspect escaped from his high-rise apartment via a back window in a scene reminiscent of the Bourne Identity action films. "He escaped like Jason Bourne," Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief Mike Downing of the Counter-Terrorism Bureau, told the Times. After being given the slip, detectives discovered stacks of counterfeit $US100 bills totaling $US15,000, sophisticated counterfeiting equipment, a camera tripod and a cache of weapons including an AK-47 assault rifle. Police also discovered multiple identification documents including passports under different aliases, leaving them wondering who exactly they are hunting, the Times reported. The $US3400-a-month penthouse's balcony was also directly opposite the US Federal Reserve Building in downtown LA. "The curiosity in this case is the strategic location in which he chose to operate," Deputy Chief Downing said. The suspect has been named as Brian Alexik, a 33-year-old from New Jersey. A man described as an associate of Alexik was arrested on Thursday. But police admit they do not know what Alexik's plan was. "There were many levels of criminality," Deputy Chief Downing told the Times. "He's funding a criminal enterprise. He's dabbling in narcotics, he's manufacturing weapons parts. But what is it? Was there a bigger plan? What was his intent? "We have a lot of questions for him when he is arrested." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 How do you know he owned the place or it wasn't meant to be found? Maybe it's meant to frame someone? Maybe he was planning to attack the Immigration Rally (if it goes past the Federal Reserve)? Or maybe he was just your elite Underground/Criminal Hitman. |
| Posted by: Charles 2010-04-30 23:10 |
| #4 Not a very good "Bourne" if the evidence didn't vanish in a fiery flash when He went out the window. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-04-30 21:42 |
| #3 *** cough *** cough ***... |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-04-30 19:03 |
| #2 We have a lot of questions for him when he is arrested. "Now Jason, this only goes two ways. Either you come in and let us make this right, or we're going to have to keep going until we're satisfied." (The Bourne Identity) |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2010-04-30 17:51 |
| #1 C'mon guys, he can't be too menacing if he's played by Matt Damon in the movie. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-04-30 16:52 |