Suspicious Package ‘Rendered Safe’ Near Pentagon
- Posted on June 17, 2011 at 9:15am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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ARLINGTON, Va. (The Blaze/AP) — One person was taken into custody early Friday in connection with an investigation into a suspicious vehicle near the Pentagon, authorities said.
U.S. Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser said the man was in Arlington National Cemetery overnight, when it is closed, triggering an investigation. In the course of interviewing the man, police were directed to a car, he said.
“This is an unfolding situation,” Schlosser said, adding that the proximity of the car to the Pentagon made the situation more suspicious.
CBS has more, including possible other suspicious actions by the suspect:
A suspicious item found inside a vehicle near the Pentagon has been “disrupted” and “rendered safe,” a law enforcement official has told CBS News.
The U.S. Park Police have in custody a man believed to be connected to the item, according to the Arlington Police Department in Virginia just outside of Washington, D.C.
The man was detained after the Park Police came across him overnight in Arlington National Cemetery. The Park Police then launched a search for the man’s vehicle, which was found near the Pentagon, the Arlington police said.
Previously, the man was suspected of planting suspicious devices in the Arlington area, at the national cemetery, the Pentagon and the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial. The Arlington police did not confirm that report.
Pentagon police spokesman Chris Layman said the car was in bushes near the Pentagon’s north parking lot. One or two other people may have been involved, Layman said.
Police were investigating a suspicious package in the vehicle, said a U.S. official familiar with the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way.
In another incident earlier this week, a motorist found with a gun and what appeared to be a suspicious package near the Pentagon was taken into custody.
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Associated Press writers Lolita Baldor, Jessica Gresko and Karen Mahabir contributed to this report.
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cliftonb
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 1:28pmWhen someone is muslim, it is neither a religion or race! It is an ideology that encompasses the entire life of the individual that adheres to it, from religious beliefs to the laws that govern them. No muslim should be allowed to serve the united states in any capacity. It is counter to the constitutional laws of our country. If a muslim wants to adhere to the teachings of islam, move to another country. We will never submit to your archaic way of life and I don’t trust you to preserve our way of life. In other words, get the hell out of MY country! Screw your requests for tolerance. We are watching you!
Report Post »CalvinandHobbes
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 1:20pmyou are right OZCHAMBER…there was a couple of shootings at the memorial and the Pentagon that they never found the culprit. Could be this guy! If I was an ex-marine with a grudge, I would be looking to destroy something special…like the iwojima memorial…the very symbol of the Marine Corps!
Report Post »Navyveteran
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 12:00pmPackage way too big to be weiners
Report Post »Navyveteran
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 11:58amThe package is too big to be weiners lol
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:55amHe was a marine. hmmmmmmm
Report Post »Jezcruzen
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:54amWhen I first read the headlines I thought it was another story about Anthony Weiner!
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:19amGives the government another excuse to take away more freedoms, We need to fight and stop reacting to everything! Go back to our original America and stop intruding on our freedoms every time a nut job wants to do something! We have neither security or freedom!
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:15amhmmmmm
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:00ama man found with gun ? …….wasnt that legal at one point in US history ? …what were his actions with the gun ? Did he actually do anything ? ….
Report Post »cowdude
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 9:25amWeiner: “I can neither confirm nor deny whether that is my package, however, people may be making fun of my name.”
Cowdude
http://conservativewatercooler.com
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 9:19am.
Report Post »Now Huma put down the sissors. Hell No! I’m gonna ‘Rendered this Suspicious Package Safe’
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 9:17am.
Report Post »Weiner spotted near the Pentagon?
Ironmaan
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 9:24amPackage was amonium nitrate.
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Ironmaan
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 9:32amPackage was NOT amonium nitrate. First report WRONG.
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Dustyluv
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 9:41amPackage was weiners…one of the ingredients was nitrate…
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:09amProbably a crazy militant Christian dropped off a care package of a very evil book called “The Bible”. They also dropped off a package of “morals and values”. The government had no idea what this stuff was then they declared it “useless”.
(sarcasm on:sadly)
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 10:59amThe suspect is a muslim ex-marine, I hear.
HOW MANY TIMES MUST WE BE ATTACKED BY MUSLIMS BEFORE WE CAN DROP THE WHOLE PC SCHTICK AND ACCEPT THAT IT IS MUSLIMS THAT MEAN US HARM!?!?
Stick THIS ATTACK into your ‘militant Christian’ hate rhetoric, Sheila Jackson Lee !!
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 11:04amClearly this guy has a beef with the military, Marine Corps more specifically. Maybe an anti-war statement? I remember a while back someone shooting at the Marine Corps museum, and I dont recall them catching the person(s) responsible. Wonder if this is the same guy….
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