Reward offered in explosives theft in San Bernardino County

modbee ^ | 5-9-6

[LouAvul]

Authorities offered a $25,000 reward Tuesday for information about the theft of more than 500 pounds of explosives from a storage bunker near a gold mine.

"The big concern for us is who took these explosives and why did that person take them," said John D'Angelo, spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The agency is investigating the theft with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department and sharing information with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force and U.S. Forest Service.

The theft was reported on May 3 at Gold Mountain Mine Co. about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Associates of the mine owner found someone had broken into the explosives storage facility and 686 sticks of dynamite and a 30-pound bag of ammonium nitrate were missing, D'Angelo said.

He declined to give further details.

Officials with the Gold Mountain Mine Co. could not be reached for comment because the firm has an unlisted phone number.

[LouAvul]

Oops.

[cmsgop]

I thought that was a restaurant.....

[P-40]

Looks like the same way T. McVeigh got his start...

[WorkingClassFilth]

"The big concern for us is who took these explosives and why did that person take them," said John D'Angelo, spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

It's a good thing that they've got Sherlock Holmes on the case.

[ntnychik]

Stolen explosives ping.

[potlatch]

LOL, D'Angelo wins the prize for saying the obvious!

Thanks ntnychik!