Posted on 01/07/2007 8:58:25 AM PST by sageb1
Whether the truck was entering the port, or leaving would be very important I would imagine.
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And whether the passengers rode in on it or were being picked up for exiting the complex. Too many unanswered questions.
"County and federal squads examined the truck's cargo container and found only auto wiring harnesses to be shipped to Latin America. The wiring devices are used to help rewire electronic equipment such as stereos in cars."
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16406158.htm
Because no explosives and no radioactive material were found on the truck, it was therefore not a national security threat? Or, so the report goes. This was determined after the container was x-rayed, not manually searched.
None of the 3 men were on any terrorist watch lists... another Whew... not. "But at least two of the three men had a criminal history, according to several law enforcement sources."
3 middle eastern males, ages 20-29, working for a company in DEARBORN drive south to Miami and attempt to enter secure areas at the Port without valid ID.
But, don't worry, they're here LEGALLY...!!! It was only a "language barrier" problem after all. Move along, nothing to see here.
But, but, but ...
No one does follow through these days, even our local paper will report a fatality on the lake and then never give followup, like what led to the accident, if the driver was drunk, etc.
Let's hope there's many things unsaid, and still being done.
Not that most FReepers mind the lack of follow through either. The attention span has gone elsewhere already... *wink*...
.... no one has ever died trying to paddle a rubber boat from Miami to Cuba.
"Not that most FReepers mind the lack of follow through either. The attention span has gone elsewhere already... *wink*... "
Just checking in...*wink*
Remember though, when ever you 'site' an article from The Miami Herald...none of it is accurate....lol
Wasn't it the Miami Herald that breathlessly reported today that there were two 55 gallon drums on the truck?
LOLOLOLOL
'cite'
I missed that MH initial report of 55 gallon drums, but I did catch Fox's initial report that the truck's driver had valid ID and authorization to enter the Port...!!
So, in the end, we don't know much.
Thanks Ali.
Excellent. Appreciate the info.
KFI just reported LAPD bomb squad went to Port of LA after hit on "C-4" reported?
Remember those three guys stopped at the toll booth in Florida? ;-)
Here's the story from The Palm Beach Post:
Knife-wielding sex offender arrested after 6-hour standoff
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Monday, January 08, 2007
A fugitive sex offender kept a mobile-home park near Greenacres under siege for nearly six hours Sunday, barricading himself in his home with a knife as dozens of Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies swarmed outside.
The standoff began with a squabble between Juan Antonio Mercado and his girlfriend over money, authorities said, and ended at 4:55 p.m. when deputies found the 41-year-old man cowering under a bed.
Deputies subdued him with one shot of a Taser, then took him to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation, Sgt. Pete Palenzuela said. Mercado faces a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender, plus other charges likely to stem from the siege.
The standoff drew about 40 deputies to the Lake Worth Village mobile home park, along with county Fire-Rescue crews. The deputies included camouflaged SWAT officers as well as the bomb squad, which deployed its remote-controlled robot to get a look at the barricaded home.
Mercado was required to register as a sex offender because of a 1994 attempted-sodomy case from Chautauqua, N.Y., according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. But he "absconded" from the Greenacres address he had listed, the FDLE said, and deputies had a warrant for his arrest.
Mercado had been arrested in October 2003 in Palm Beach County on a charge of failing to register as a sex offender, but authorities did not prosecute him then, according to FDLE records.
During Sunday's standoff with the deputies, Mercado threatened that "he's going to kill himself if they try to come in," said Annette Jones of Boynton Beach, a friend who spoke to him by phone. "They're going to take him or he's going to take them, or he's going to take himself.
"He's a great guy," Jones added. "He's got a big heart."
Neighbors in the mobile-home park were less sympathetic, complaining they couldn't leave their community throughout the siege and had no idea a sex offender was living among them. Authorities evacuated 11 homes immediately around Mercado's.
"We don't need people like that here because we've got kids," said Rose Schmitz, 53.
Deputies originally went to the home at 4653 Nancy Drive about 11:15 a.m. after Mercado's live-in girlfriend, Lori M. Weiser, made a whispered call to 911, Palenzuela said. That call followed an argument between the two over $1,000 that Mercado claimed Weiser owed him, the spokesman said.
Weiser escaped from the house, but Mercado pulled a knife and refused to surrender, Palenzuela said. Deputies also believed he might have had a flare gun and said he threatened to burn down the house.
"You want to be cautious about these things," Palenzuela said. "Better safe than sorry."
Staff writer Nicole Janok contributed to this story.
I hope this solves one lingering mystery from yesterday.
-PJ
-PJ
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