Suspect w/ arsenal in car taken into custody in santa monica

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SUSPECT W/ ARSENAL IN CAR TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN SANTA MONICA

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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KABC) -- Authorities took a suspect into custody in Santa Monica after discovering an arsenal in his car that included tannerite powder, assault weapons and a camouflage outfit.

The suspect told authorities that he was there for the Los Angeles Pride festival. During a press conference at the Los Angeles Pride festival, Mayor Eric Garcetti said the suspect was arrested Saturday night with the help of a tip from a citizen.

Police officers conducted a traffic stop in the 1700 block of 11th Street on reports of the car containing possible powder explosives. Officers found five pounds of tannerite-type powder, assault weapons, long rifles, clips loaded and taped together and a camouflage outfit along with a security badge.

Authorities said the investigation is ongoing, adding that the arrest has no connection to the Orlando nightclub mass shooting that took place Saturday night.

http://abc7.com/news/suspect-w--arsenal-in-car-taken-into-custody-in-weho/1382290/

[midnight rambler]

Authorities took a suspect into custody in Santa Monica after discovering an arsenal in his car that included...a camouflage outfit.

What sort of camo does one sport when trying to blend into a gay pride event? Hint: as little as possible.

[horseshoe3]

Tannerite, assault weapons and camo. Sounds like a fun Sunday afternoon where I come from.

[madfranks]

Since the media won't tell us what this dude looks like, we have to speculate. If he was a middle eastern looking moslem man, I'd guess he was supposed to be Orlando part II.

EDIT: if he was white I'm sure we'd hear about it, so it makes sense that it probably was a moslem.

[milehi]

Clips taped together?

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Clips taped together?

http://www.mindthenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tape-paper-clips.jpg

[cheka.]

reports?


"Police officers conducted a traffic stop in the 1700 block of 11th Street on reports of the car containing possible powder explosives."

[Joshua01]

reports?


"Police officers conducted a traffic stop in the 1700 block of 11th Street on reports of the car containing possible powder explosives."

Cheap and easy way to up the stakes without actually blowing up anything. The pols have quite a detailed plan....you gotta hand it to them

[cheka.]

wow, what a change of story...

from pulled over a car on 'reports' of powder.....to prowling/knocking on windows...

and they recant the gay attack claim from earlier

https://localtvwiti.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/howell.jpg?quality=70&strip=all&strip=all

http://ktla.com/2016/06/12/man-with-weapons-possible-explosives-arrested-in-santa-monica-said-he-was-going-to-l-a-gay-pride-parade-report/

A "heavily armed" man who told police he wanted to go the L.A. Pride festival was arrested in Santa Monica, authorities said Sunday, the same day as the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history took place at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando.

Officers responded to the 1700 block of 11th Street, near Olympic Boulevard, after residents reported a possible prowler shortly around 5 a.m., according to Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks and a news release from the department.

The suspect was knocking on a resident's door and window, which prompted the 911 call, the release stated.

Officers responded to the location and made contact with James Wesley Howell, who was seated in a car with Indiana license plates, according to the release.

During the subsequent investigation, police found three assault rifles, high capacity magazines, ammunition and a five-gallon bucket "with chemicals capable of forming an improvised explosive device," authorities said.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department bomb squad was sent to the scene to render the car and the area safe, the release stated.

Seabrooks later tweeted that Howell, of Indiana, allegedly told an officer "of wanting to harm Gay Pride event during arrest for weapons and explosive materials possession."

But at a news conference just before 3 p.m., a male Santa Monica police official clarified the information, saying the man referenced the pride festival, but said he did not state his intentions beyond that.

"We did not have any additional information as to what his intentions were," the official said, describing the earlier tweet as a "misquote."

The investigation into a possible motive was ongoing.

The 20-year-old man was booked into jail around 11:30 a.m. and is behind held on $500,000 according to L.A. County inmate records. His first court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday.

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti earlier confirmed the incident during a news conference in West Hollywood shortly before the parade's scheduled kickoff at 10:45 a.m.

"Today, we were also informed of ... an individual here ... who said he was coming to Pride, and who was heavily armed and apprehended by Santa Monica Police Department officials last night," the mayor said.

In a statement released a short time after the mayor's comments, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said the male was "in possession of weapons and other dangerous material."

The announcement came hours after a shooting rampage at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, left 50 people dead and at least 53 others injured. The shooting rampage is the deadliest on American soil since the attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino last December.

Garcetti said the incident was not linked to the deadly attack in Orlando, while Seabrooks added that he had "no known connect" to Florida.

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http://heavy.com/news/2016/06/james-howell-indiana-los-angeles-hollywood-pride-parade-attack-guns-weapons-photos-facebook-terrorist/

Howell told police he was looking for a friend who was going to the pride parade in West Hollywod, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Police said they are looking for that person.

He had been loitering in the area where he was arrested and knocking on doors, police said.

Santa Monica police said the preliminary investigation led to Howell’s arrest, but the probe into his motive and plans is continuing.

The FBI is taking part in the investigation, officials said.

[midnight rambler]

Another white male troublemaker.