Man Arrested Near Capitol After IED, Rifle, Ammunition Allegedly Found in Jeep

[JonLP24]

Source: FoxNews.com

A man is under arrest in Washington after an improvised explosive device, a rifle and some ammunition were allegedly found in his jeep, Capitol Police said Friday.

The man stopped to ask police for directions near the Capitol building at about 11 a.m. EDT Friday, at the intersection of 2nd and Independence Avenue Southeast, according to Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider.

The officer responding noticed a rifle case on the car seat and inspected the jeep, discovering the IED, rifle and ammunition. A canine unit was enlisted to help.

"They've all been rendered safe right now because they're in the custody of Capitol Police," Schneider told reporters at a briefing Friday.



Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,417581,00.html

[notadmblnd]

1. oh.. well.. he was probably just high on drugs and wasn't serious about an assassination attempt

:sarcasm:

[applegrove]

2. IED? What the ****?

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. Improvided Explosive Device

Aka a pipe bomb, home made handgrenade, something along those lines.

[slackmaster]

8. Or a Molotov Cocktail

Even an M-80 firecracker would qualify as an IED.

[happyslug]

25. So will a gasoline can

The tern IED is to broad, it is so broad as to be meaningless. The IED maybe something harmful, or something harmless (and maybe both, i.e. harmless if used to carry extra gasoline for the Jeep, Harmful is meant as an explosive device i.e. attached to something the sets it on fire). Now a gas can can explode in its own in the right circumstances, and if you make adjustments to the can and the gasoline, thus we need more information then an IED, the term "pipe-bomb" would give us more date to make a decision on for then we can say it is more then a gasoline can.

[applegrove]

14. Terrible. I knew what IED was I just couldn't believe it was happening in the USA.

[Posteritatis]

30. Pyros, pyros everywhere!

If three quarters of this site's adult population didn't know at least someone in their youth who made something the American news media would scream "OMG IED WTF!" over today, I'll eat the nearest hat.

[slackmaster]

3. Someone told me he asked a DC cop for directions

:rofl:

[demnan]

5. Now that's a dangerous thing to do!

n/t

[Ian David]

7. Are his books from The Savage Wiener autographed? n/t

[bdamomma]

12. sounds like something Keith would report on.

[Ian David]

6. Do you have a source other than Fox "News"? n/t

[Bossy Monkey]

20. Here's Reuters:

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0551591420080905

[Wilber_Stool]

9. I have a feeling that we

will be hearing about this kind of shit a lot more as the election approaches. Nothing like fear, fear, fear.

[Maine-i-acs]

10. Terra risk elevated!!1! Only the Repubs can save us !!1!1 ZOMG!1

Expect a few more of these in the next 2 months, and expect FOX to keep hyping the Incredible Danger we are in.

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. unless, of course, it is 3 white guys trying to kill Obama

then the Justice Dept. blows it off.

Nope, only Repub. targets count.

And what is with this IED story?
Anybody ever ever hear about an IED being SEEN in this country?

I am really suspicious of this story.

[Virginia Dare]

11. Stopped to ask police for directions?

another nominee for the Darwin awards--:dunce:

[shadowknows69]

18. Something smells about that

[slackmaster]

32. It smells strongly of stupid

:nuke:

[Pavulon]

13. We need to ban IED's

these things are a danger to the community and .... oh wait.

[LibertyLover]

16. Interesting, I work in DC, at Penn & 22nd Street, so

I checked WTOP's website to see if they had any information on this. WTOP is DC's all news radio station. I didn't see anything about an arrest near the Capitol. It will be interesting to see what happens. Asking a cop in DC for directions? Oy - the guy was definitely from out of town.

[daggahead]

17. He was probably working for Rove ...

... and was going to attempt to pull a stunt to scare people into voting for McLaim.

[liam_laddie]

19. I think you're onto something here...n/t

[theothersnippywshrub]

21. I thought Cheney was out of the country. n/t

[hunter]

22. Watch this news vanish if he's an Iraq war veteran.

...

[provis99]

23. what a non-story

So the guy was going hunting in Virginia and had a firecracker with him. The real story is probably that this is another story of fascist cops exceeding their authority.

[tuckessee]

24. Exactly what was the composition of the so-called "IED"?

Given the fact modern American cops are prone to self-serving mass hysteria I'll reserve judgement until they prove that it was an actual IED and not something more benign.

[happyslug]

26. My money is on a gasoline can.

Jeep owners are nuts, they put 5 gallon steel gas cans anywhere on their Jeep "Just in case they run out of Gas" while four-wheeling someplace, but the Reuters Story said a "Grenade". Again I seen Jeep Owners, and you can buy "Grenades" which do NOT explode (or contain any explosives) in many gun and sporting good stores (and over the internet). Lets see that the "Grenade" is before we jump to any charges.

[24HRrnr]

28. Initial radio reports yesterday indicated it was a grenade like

device that was disarmed.

U.S. Capitol Police said they found a hand grenade, two loaded firearms and other "items of concern" in a Jeep Cherokee driven by a 27-year-old man who was arrested yesterday morning near the Library of Congress.

The suspect, identified as Christopher S. Timmons, of Orange, Va., was arrested at Second Street and

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/05/AR2008090502245.html?hpid=moreheadlines

[happyslug]

27. Washington Post has more details, Two Grenades that were "Not Inert".

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/05/AR2008090502245.html?sub=AR

[junior college]

29. Booga booga!! n/t

[Demeter]

31. Verrrry Interesting!