Posted on 03/24/2006 3:02:41 PM PST by SmithL
Grand Junction, Colo. (AP) --
At least three crude bombs exploded and two others were disarmed Friday outside homes in western Colorado.
No injuries were reported, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Authorities were focusing on "two people of interest" as officers continued searching for clues, said Police Sgt. Paul Quimby.
"We are concerned there are others out there that no one has discovered yet," he said.
The bombs were described as black, office-style trash cans covered in silver duct tape. One explosion scorched the front of a garage door and melted vinyl siding.
. . . The Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction reported that the homes were owned by employees of SERCO, a subcontractor for the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Weird
Update, 1:25 p.m.: Police have two people of interest in explosions
Duct tape. Disgruntled NASA engineers.
darn mischievous kids again...
If they were you'd think they'd have done a better job. Oh, nevermind...
Union hi-jinks?
Rambunctious Utes?
Must be the Utes...
That sounds like it qualifies as I.E.D.s and of course a quagmire in controlling these insurgents.
UPDATE:
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/03/24/3_24_bomb_update3_www.html
"Update, 1:25 p.m.: Police have two people of interest in explosions"
Friday, March 24, 2006
By GARY HARMON, EMILY MORRIS and MIKE SACCONE
The Daily Sentinel
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Several crude bombs exploded and two were disarmed this morning outside Grand Junction homes located across the county.
One of the residents targeted said all of the homes targeted belonged to employees of Serco, a subcontractor for the Federal Aviation Administration in Grand Junction.
Police have not made any arrests, but they are investigating two individuals they believe to be connected to the case.
As of 1 p.m., police said they had two “people of interest.”
Police have established a command center for the bomb investigation at the Grand Junction Police Department, 625 Ute Ave.
Interim Police Chief Bill Gardner crossed his fingers as he said, “It’s very possible we can have this case solved today.”
He added, however, “This is a legitimate public safety threat. We want everybody to be vigilant.”"
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"Five homemade bombs found, two explode"
posted by: Dan Viens Web Producer
Created: 3/24/2006 11:14 AM MST - Updated: 3/24/2006 2:28 PM MST
GRAND JUNCTION -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One neighbor reported seeing a "big, bright flame." Police spokeswoman Linda Bowman says all of the bombs were made of black trash cans covered with duct tape."
Crude bomb.......there's nothing like a vulgar and foul-mouthed explosive!!!
One explosion scorched the front of a garage door and melted vinyl siding.
That's it? An office-trash-can-sized bomb and all it did was scorch the garage door and melt vinyl siding?
That's not much of a bomb.
They've been running some sort of tourist ad for Utah here, and I can't imagine what brainiac ad agency thought several references to "Utes" would be met with anything but snickers lol
Police asked residents to help them find Robert L. Burke, 54, who Christmas confirmed was a former Serco employee. Police described him as a person of interest rather than a suspect, but would not elaborate.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/24/national/a145128S30.DTL
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