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• Man arrested for allegedly making bomb threat

  June 14, 2013 8:58 AM

  BOSSIER CITY- Investigators with the Bossier City Police and Fire Departments have arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly phoning in a bomb threat to the offices of the University of Phoenix located at the Louisiana Boardwalk. The Times reports Tanner Jerome Raney, of Bossier City was arrested Thursday on a... more »

• Bomb found in the back of a truck

  May 12, 2013 1:22 PM

  WEST BATON ROUGE - A device found in the back of a truck on Plantation Avenue in West Baton Rouge Saturday night was a bomb. The West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office responded to a truck behind Minnow's Truck Stop, off of Highway 415, around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The... more »

• Funeral home: No one wants to bury bomb suspect

  May 4, 2013 10:39 AM

  BOSTON - A Massachusetts funeral home director is scrambling to find a cemetery that will bury a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Worcester funeral home owner Peter Stefan has 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body. He says protesters have gathered outside his business, upset with his decision to handle the funeral.... more »

• 2 men charged in Boston bomb case waive bail

  May 1, 2013 3:23 PM

  BOSTON- A third college friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects is being held pending a detention and probable cause hearing. Robel Phillipos is charged with making false statements to federal investigators. A hearing is scheduled for Monday. Two other friends of bombing suspect (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) waived... more »

• Back from Boston, LSU trainer still dealing with aftermath

  April 24, 2013 6:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Trainer Ray Castle and three student trainers from LSU went to the Boston Marathon to aide with those running the race, but their work quickly went from a controlled situation to a scene of chaos when the two bombs exploded just seconds apart. Castle was about... more »

• Man arrested for pharmacy bomb threat

  April 22, 2013 11:15 AM

  CROWLEY - Police have arrested an Estherwood man accused of making a bomb threat at a pharmacy in Crowley. The Advertiser reports officers responded to a call from a Walgreens pharmacy Sunday night where the manager said he had received a bomb threat from a customer. Police arrested 32-year-old Sy... more »

• FBI releases photo of backpack containing bomb

  April 16, 2013 9:36 PM

  BOSTON- The FBI released the first image of one of the shredded backpacks agents believe contained one of the explosive devices in the attacks at the Boston Marathon. Details were released in an unclassified bulletin, according to ABC . The bomb inside the bag was an "improvised explosive... more »

• Person briefed on probe: bombs in pressure cookers

  April 16, 2013 11:20 AM

  WASHINGTON - A person briefed on the Boston Marathon investigation says the explosives were in 6-liter pressure cookers and placed in black duffel bags. The person says the explosives were placed on the ground and contained shards of metal, nails and ball bearings. The person spoke on the condition of... more »

• Doctor: Metal in Boston bomb victim leg like BBs

  April 16, 2013 7:33 AM

  BOSTON - A doctor at a hospital where victims of the Boston Marathon explosions were taken says an X-ray of one victim showed what could be small ball bearings throughout the injury. Three people were killed and more than 140 injured by two explosions just seconds apart near the finish... more »

• Man pleads guilty in LSU bomb threat

  April 15, 2013 3:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The man accused of calling in a bomb threat to LSU entered his plea in a Baton Rouge courtroom Monday. William Bouvay pleaded guilty to charges of communicating of false information of a planned bombing on school property and habitual offender. Bouvay made the call... more »

• Drug probe leads to discovery of homemade bomb

  April 5, 2013 6:42 PM

  MORGAN CITY - St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert says a man from the Bayou Vista community was arrested after narcotics detectives found a bomb at a residence. The Daily Review reports that the detectives were looking into allegations of drug activity at the residence when they found the explosive... more »

• Students return to schools after threats

  March 6, 2013 11:02 AM

  LAFITTE- Students were evacuated from two Jefferson Parish schools Wednesday after administrators said the campuses received threats. Students were permitted to return late Wednesday morning to Marrero Academy for Advanced Studies in Marrero and Fisher Middle-High School in Lafitte. Authorities say no threatening devices were found at the schools. Sherriff's... more »

• 8th grader faces charges after school threat

  March 5, 2013 5:04 PM

  ST. FRANCISVILLE- A 13-year-old faces charges for terrorizing after calling-in a threat to West Feliciana Middle School Tuesday morning. Students were evacuated to the football stadium after the threat and were dismissed. The threat was determined to be a hoax. The teen, an 8th grader, has been... more »

• Fed plot suspect expected to plead guilty in NYC

  February 7, 2013 6:40 AM

  NEW YORK - A 21-year-old Bangladesh native accused of trying to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York is expected to plead guilty to charges stemming from the plot. A plea hearing in federal court in Brooklyn is scheduled on Thursday for Quazi Nafis. He was charged in... more »

• Bond set for teen in school bomb plot

  January 7, 2013 7:22 PM

  A teen who called himself a white supremacist was waiting for his parents in Alabama to post his $75,000 bond on charges he planned to attack classmates and a teacher with a bomb. Seventeen year old Derek Shrout did not speak during his initial court appearance on Monday in Seale.... more »

• Man loses hand from New Year's explosion Play Video

  January 2, 2013 6:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Three people were injured when a pipe loaded with gun powder exploded on New Year's Day around 1:20 a.m. It happened at 9283 Highland Rd. after a firework display during a New Years party. According to the police report, 27-year-old Jesse Jenkins and 34-year-old Mike... more »

• NYC man sentenced to life in subway terror plot

  November 16, 2012 2:51 PM

  NEW YORK - A Bosnia-born U.S. citizen has been sentenced to life behind bars for his role in a foiled suicide-bomb plot on New York City subways in 2008. Adis Medunjanin received the sentence Friday in federal court in Brooklyn. Prosecutors had accused Medunjanin and two high school classmates of... more »

• Federal case dismissed in LSU bomb threat

  November 14, 2012 4:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Federal prosecutors announced today they dropped their indictment against the man accused of calling in a false bomb threat which led to the full evacuation of LSU's campus. U. S. Attorney Donald Cazayoux's office said they dropped the case because the state's charges against William Bouvay... more »

• Texas A&M bomb threat suspect charged in 2nd case

  November 9, 2012 3:45 PM

  COLLEGE STATION, Texas - A man charged with a bomb threat at Texas A&M University is now facing charges for a similar scare at Texas State University. A complaint unsealed this week accuses 19-year-old Dereon Kelly of using the email account of his girlfriend, Brittany Henderson, to send an Oct.... more »

• 11-year-old arrested in bomb threat

  November 2, 2012 10:39 AM

  NAPOLEONVILLE - Sheriff's deputies arrested an Assumption Parish 11-year-old after they said he admitted to calling in a bomb threat to a Napoleonville pharmacy. Deputies said the threat was called in Tuesday morning to the Assumption Pharmacy on Washington Street. Authorities evacuated the pharmacy and nearby businesses while bomb... more »

• Texas A&M campus reopens after bomb threat

  October 19, 2012 4:43 PM

  COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M University police say the school's campus has reopened after an emailed bomb threat prompted an evacuation and building-by-building search. A&M Police Lt. Allan Baron says officials still are searching some buildings Friday afternoon, but no bombs have been found and people are being allowed... more »

• Texas A&M evacuated, searched after bomb threat

  October 19, 2012 12:06 PM

  COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Authorities at Texas A&M said a building-by-building search is going on now at the campus, after a bomb threat was called in this morning. The university posted on their website they'd received a bomb threat, and classes the rest of the day had been canceled.... more »

• Family shocked by man's arrest in NY plot

  October 18, 2012 7:15 AM

  DHAKA, Bangladesh - The Bangladeshi man accused of trying to bomb the Federal Reserve building in New York City was a banker's son from a middle class neighborhood whose family says it was stunned by his arrest. The FBI arrested Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis yesterday morning after he... more »

• Feds: 1 indicted in plot to attack Federal Reserve

  October 17, 2012 2:51 PM

  NEW YORK - A 21-year-old man arrested on charges he plotted to blow up the Federal Reserve building in New York City has appeared in federal court and been ordered held without bail. Quazi Nafis was arrested Wednesday morning after a sting operation. Authorities say he parked a van filled... more »

• LSU to change evacuation plan following bomb threat Play Video

  October 8, 2012 6:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU plans to study and change certain procedures in order to evacuate the campus more efficiently in the future. Last month, the entire campus was evacuated due to a bomb threat. It resulted in traffic james which kept thousands of students sitting still for some time... more »

• No bomb found after threat forced airport evacuation

  September 20, 2012 9:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Authorities are hopeful, the person who threatened Baton Rouge Metro Airport Thursday will be arrested. At 4:30 p.m., a phone call was made to the airport. The caller stated there was a bomb in a black SUV in a parking garage. Ten minutes later, the airport was... more »

• Airport returns to normal operations after bomb scare

  September 20, 2012 7:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Baton Rouge Metro Airport has re-opened and is operating on its normal Thursday night schedule after a bomb threat scrambled passengers, staff, and flight crews. No explosives were found. Airport managers said around 4:45 p.m. someone called a threat in to the airport and claimed a vehicle... more »

• Baton Rouge airport evacuated after bomb threat Play Video

  September 20, 2012 5:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities evacuated the Baton Rouge Metro Airport this afternoon after a bomb threat was called in. Airport managers said around 4:45 p.m. someone called a threat in to the airport and claimed a vehicle in the parking lot had a bomb inside. They evacuated the parking... more »

• Bomb threat suspect indicted by federal grand jury

  September 20, 2012 3:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against the man accused of phoning in a bomb threat to the LSU campus earlier this week. The grand jury charged William Bouvay Jr., 42, with one count of willfully conveying false information concerning the attempt to destroy... more »

• Bomb threat suspect accused of threats in the past Play Video

  September 19, 2012 10:10 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities arrested a person overnight they said admitted to calling in a recent bomb threat to LSU, and arrest records show this isn't the first time he's been accused of making threats. LSU Police arrested William Bouvay Jr., 42, of Baton Rouge around midnight. They booked... more »

• LSU hopes to learn from bomb scare Play Video

  September 18, 2012 5:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE- LSU cleared nearly 30,000 people off it's campus within about an hour after a bomb threat called into the 911 call center. The call came in around 10:30 a.m. Monday, and students were warned an hour later. LSU says during that time, the information had to transfered... more »

• LSU back to normal after bomb scare

  September 18, 2012 10:40 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana State University officials say everything is back to normal a day after a bomb threat spawned an evacuation of the Baton Rouge campus. University spokesman Herb Vincent said Tuesday LSU police are leading the investigation into the caller who phoned in a bomb threat Monday morning.... more »

• Lockdown lifted at four schools in the LSU area

  September 17, 2012 3:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - School lockdowns have been lifted for four schools in the LSU area. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board officials put Buchanan Elementary, McKinley High School, Polk Elementary and University Terrace on lockdown as a precautionary measure following a bomb threat at LSU. School Board officials... more »

• Bomb threat prompts evacuation at LSU

  September 17, 2012 11:34 AM

  BATON ROUGE - An emergency text message was sent to students and faculty at LSU about a bomb threat on campus. University officials say the campus is being evacuated. No specific location has been identified and LSUPD is investigating. There are 30,000 students, professors and university employees... more »

• University of Texas campus reopening after threat

  September 14, 2012 12:11 PM

  AUSTIN, Texas - The University of Texas says all university buildings have been cleared and are reopening after a bomb threat prompted an evacuation of the Austin campus. The university posted on its website that all classes have been canceled for the remainder of the day Friday but other university... more »

• California bank robbed, device strapped to manager

  September 6, 2012 12:45 PM

  LOS ANGELES - Authorities are still looking for the gunmen who strapped what they claimed was a bomb to a bank manger before robbing a Los Angeles bank. Authorities say two masked gunmen kidnapped the bank manager from her home Wednesday morning, and after strapping the device to her waist,... more »

• BRPD: Nothing dangerous about stolen truck

  August 15, 2012 2:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police said they found nothing dangerous in a stolen truck abandoned behind a building on Market Place Avenue near Sherwood Forest, which prompted an evacuation as bomb squad members investigated. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely with Baton Rouge Police said earlier the truck reportedly smelled of a chemical,... more »

• Police bomb squad investigating stolen truck

  August 15, 2012 11:02 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Police evacuated an area off Sherwood Forest Blvd. after the bomb squad was called in to investigate an abandoned truck. Police responded out to the truck, which they said was stolen and found behind a building on Market Place Ave. this morning around 9 a.m. BRPD... more »

• Bomb threat at Walter Reed medical center

  August 8, 2012 12:44 PM

  WASHINGTON - A bomb threat has been called in to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, forcing a building to be closed for three hours at the facility outside Washington. A military official says someone phoned in a threat minutes before 9 a.m. EDT Wednesday, saying a bomb would... more »

• Girl, 13, accused of calling in bomb threat

  July 24, 2012 8:56 AM

  LAKE CHARLES - Sheriff's deputies say a 13-year-old girl was arrested after calling in a bomb threat to a Dollar General Store on La. Highway 14. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers says a store employee received a call Monday about the bomb threat. Myers said customers... more »

• No statement from Assad in aftermath of attack that killed 3

  July 18, 2012 4:00 PM

  BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar Assad hasn't yet issued any statements on today's bomb attack that killed three top officials of his regime -- including his brother-in-law -- during a high-level security meeting in Damascus. Fighting between rebels and government troops has raged in the capital for four days in... more »

• Israel: Bus blast in Bulgaria caused by bomb

  July 18, 2012 3:57 PM

  SOFIA, Bulgaria - Israel's Foreign Minister says the deadly bus explosion in Bulgaria that has killed at least six people was caused by a bomb placed on the vehicle. Avigdor Lieberman says he was briefed by his Bulgarian counterpart Wednesday evening. He said seven people died, but Bulgarian authorities have... more »

• Nebraska man jailed for bomb threat on job application

  July 13, 2012 12:33 PM

  KEARNEY, Neb. - A central Nebraska man landed in jail for writing a bomb threat on the back of a restaurant job application. The Kearney Hub reports that the Legacy 272 Lounge employee who reviewed 38-year-old Jason Dornhoff's application last Thursday called police when he read the threat that closed... more »

• Kenner man injured making sparkler bomb

  July 4, 2012 3:19 PM

  Kenner- A 19 year old Kenner man seriously injured himself while manufacturing a sparkler bomb with fireworks. Responding officers found the victim to have sustained injuries to his hands, arms, and legs. Investigators say the victim along with several friends were outside shooting fireworks, when made a... more »

• Hearing delayed in Superdome bomb threat case

  March 13, 2012 6:48 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The federal case against a Michigan man charged with phoning in a bomb threat to the Superdome during the New Orleans Saints' playoff win over the Detroit Lions in January is likely to be transferred from New Orleans to his home state. Thirty-four-year-old Shawn Payton, of Jackson,... more »

• Suspect in US Capitol bomb sting expected in court

  February 22, 2012 7:04 AM

  ALEXANDRIA - A Virginia man charged following a yearlong FBI sting with plotting to blow up a bomb inside the U.S. Capitol in a suicide operation is expected to make a second court appearance. Authorities arrested 29-year-old Amine El Khalifi of Alexandria Friday and charged him with attempting to use... more »

• Man charged with bomb threat during Saints game

  February 10, 2012 2:53 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A Michigan man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge he phoned in a bomb threat to the Superdome during the New Orleans Saints' playoff win over the Detroit Lions in January. The charge brought Friday against 34-year-old Shawn H. Payton, of Jackson,... more »

• Taliban claims responsibility for 3 NATO deaths

  December 28, 2011 5:37 AM

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan that killed three NATO service members. The three were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in the eastern part of the country, 60 miles south of Kabul. NATO hasn't given the nationalities of the dead, but... more »

• Police investigating fake bomb at BTR airport Play Video

  December 1, 2011 6:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A fake bomb inside a vehicle at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport delayed some travelers this morning, but didn't shut the airport down. Airport police found a car on the second floor of the parking garage around 7:30 this morning. The windshield was smashed and there... more »

• Police find fake bomb at BTR Metro Airport Play Video

  December 1, 2011 8:51 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police gave the all-clear after a suspicious item found in the Baton Rouge Metro Airport's parking garage this morning was determined to be a fake bomb. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely told News 2 crews on the scene that the device was a group of wooden sticks painted... more »

• Pipe bombs found in wreck

  June 27, 2011 3:20 PM

  LOCKPORT - State police say a pickup truck that crashed in Lockport on Monday contained 10 pipe bombs. The one-vehicle rollover crash happened around 7:30 a.m. on Louisiana Highway 308. Troopers said that when emergency crews were trying right the truck, they noticed the devices. Troopers said nine of... more »

• Student appears in court on terror charge

  February 25, 2011 2:20 PM

  LUBBOCK, Texas - The lawyer for a college student accused of plotting to blow up key U.S. targets says his client will plead not guilty. In a statement, attorney Rod Hobson says in America, "everyone is entitled to the presumption of innocence" and a "fair trial." Khalid Ali-M... more »

• Dad, son sentenced to death in Oregon bank bombing

  December 22, 2010 3:00 PM

  SALEM, Ore. - A jury has handed down death sentences for a man and his son who were convicted of planting a bomb that killed two Oregon police officers. The sentences for 59-year-old Bruce Turnidge and 34-year-old Joshua Turnidge were read in a Salem courtroom Wednesday. Prosecutors say the pair... more »

• Official: FBI tipped off to investigate teenager

  November 27, 2010 1:09 PM

  WASHINGTON - A law enforcement official says federal agents began investigating the suspect in the Christmas tree bombing plot in Portland, Ore., after receiving a tip from someone who was concerned about the teenager. The official tells The Associated Press that Mohamed Osman Mohamud was acting on his own -... more »

• Blasts kill at least 62 across Baghdad

  November 2, 2010 1:00 PM

  BAGHDAD - Iraqi hospital and police officials say blasts ripping through Baghdad's mostly Shiite neighborhoods have killed at least 62 people and wounded another 180. The blasts took place in at least 10 neighborhoods across the capital Tuesday evening. Officials said the blasts involved booby-trapped cars, roadside bombs... more »

• Yemen: Woman arrested on suspicion of sending mail bombs

  October 30, 2010 1:12 PM

  Yemeni officials say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of sending the two mail bombs found yesterday on cargo planes in the United Arab Emirates and England. Yemen's president says the United States and the United Arab Emirates provided him with information that identified the woman as a... more »

• Police: 71-year-old robs a Shreveport bank with fake bomb

  October 11, 2010 5:36 AM

  A 71-year-old man is accused of robbing a Shreveport bank by putting a package in front of a teller and saying it was a bomb. It turned out to be an aerosol can wrapped in butcher paper. Shreveport police say Nolan Williams was spotted about 12 minutes after the midafternoon... more »

• Florida bank robbers strap bomb to abducted teller

  September 24, 2010 12:36 PM

  A bank teller was kidnapped early Friday from his home by robbers who strapped a suspected bomb to his chest and used him to steal money from a Bank of America branch near the University of Miami, according to the FBI. The suspected explosive device was safely removed and... more »

• Man sentenced for making bomb threat

  September 24, 2010 6:36 AM

  A 26-year-old White Castle man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for making a false bomb threat at a petroleum refinery. Michael Miller pleaded guilty in June to phoning in the threat to security workers at the Marathon refinery in Garyville last year. Miller was a contractor who... more »

• UPDATE: Denham Springs man arrested in bank bomb threat

  September 13, 2010 10:48 AM

  UPDATE: Officials with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office say they've arrested one man after an attempted bank robbery this morning. 43-year-old Louis W. Allen of Denham Springs was arrested in suspicion of attempted armed robbery and other charges after the incident at Whitney National Bank on Jones Creek... more »

• Double suicide car bombing

  June 20, 2010 2:57 PM

  At least 28 people have been killed in a double suicide car bombing in Baghdad. The Iraqi military says the bombers drove two cars packed with nearly 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate toward the gates of the Trade Bank of Iraq building and detonated the explosives after striking the blast... more »

• Times Square bomb suspect to appear in court

  May 18, 2010 2:46 PM

  Prosecutors say the suspect in the botched car bombing in Times Square will make a first appearance in federal court. Faisal Shahzad (FY'-sul shah-ZAHD') is set to appear in court Tuesday on five felony charges related to the May 1 botched bombing. Shahzad has been held at an... more »

• Bomb squad gives all-clear in Times Square

  May 7, 2010 2:05 PM

  Update: A suspicious cooler found today in Times Square is not a threat, that's according to the New York Police Department bomb squad. Streets have been reopened to traffic. more »

• Questions remain about Times Square bomb suspect's story

  May 5, 2010 3:00 PM

  A few more details are out on the Times Square bomb attempt, but questions remain about the suspect's motives. Law enforcement officials says they've been unable to find out if Faisal Shahzad's really trained at a Pakistani terror camp. One official says they are looking into possible financing... more »

• Govt. officials: NYC bomb suspect paid for flight in cash

  May 4, 2010 10:42 AM

  The man accused of driving an SUV filled with bombs into Times Square made his flight reservation on the way to the airport and paid for his plane ticket in cash, according to U.S. government officials. Faisal Shahzad was arrested when his flight, bound for Dubai, returned to the... more »

• FBI searches NYC car bomb suspect's Conn. home

  May 4, 2010 5:35 AM

  The FBI says there's no danger to the public after a searched of the Connecticut home of a man accused of driving a car bomb into New York's Times Square. Agents searched the Bridgeport home, but there are no further details about it. U.S. officials say car bomb suspect Faisal... more »

• Pittsburgh Bomb Scare

  May 2, 2010 1:10 PM

  Pittsburgh police found an explosive device near the course of the Pittsburgh Marathon this morning, forcing them to detour the final part of the race. It was found in a small microwave oven on the sidewalk after the leaders had finished the course. Several streets were blocked off... more »

• Bogalusa man held on bomb charge

  April 21, 2010 5:38 AM

  Bogalusa Police arrested a man for making a bomb and having materials to make more were allegedly found at his home. Charles D'Aquin is in jail on a probation hold when officers got a call about a suspicious object at his home. After the device was confiscated, state police disposed... more »

• Iran can't make usable nuclear bomb soon

  April 14, 2010 12:02 PM

  Top U.S. officials say Iran has the technology and materials to make a nuclear bomb, but that it will take years before it can make one that can be used. Historically, it takes a country three to five years to be able to create a bomb that can be... more »