Saturday, October 19, 2013

Close Call for LAX

"LAX dry-ice bombs: Second suspect was supervisor of first suspect"
By: Richard Winton
Source: The Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lax-dry-ice-bombs-second-suspect-20131018,0,7085886.story
Forty-one year old Miguel Angel Iniguez was arrested Friday at LAX on suspicion for possession of a destructive device. Miguel Iniguez was the supervisor of Dicarlo Bennet, who was arrested earlier in the week for being involved with two dry-ice bombs detonating one in Terminal 2 and a tarmac area at Tom Bradley International Terminal. Both Iniguez and Bennet are both employed by Servisair, an aviation ground services company. Iniguez is currently in jail and being held on a $500,000 bail. Bennet recognized that he is responsible for the dry ice-bombs, and admitted that there was a third that had not detonated. Fortunately, there were no injuries involved during the explosion. Police reported that this was not an act of terrorism, and was simply for Bennet's amusement. Deputy Chief Michael Downing said, "He was a prankster, he thought it was funny." Later adding, "There is nothing funny about what he did." Police Chief Charlie Beck stated before Bennet's arrest, "Whether you think this is a harmless prank or a way to disrupt operations at the airport, it won't matter, you will go to jail."

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