Sandspur, Vol 112, No 09, October 21, 2005

University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 10-21-2005 Sandspur, Vol 112, No 09, October 21, 2005 Rollins College Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Rollins Sandspur by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STARS Citation Rollins College, "Sandspur, Vol 112, No 09, October 21, 2005" (2005). The Rollins Sandspur. 1797. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1797 ROUUNS COLLEGE • WINTER PARK* FLORIDA IE OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER IN FLORIDA OCTOBER 21, 200 FOUNDED IN 1894 \\ WW .TH IS \\ 1 )SPl R.OR( FEDS SEARCH SUTTON FOR BOMBING LINK 4 PIPE BOMB DETONATES OUTSIDE WALGREENS A pipe bomb exploded outside of the Walgreens at the cor ner of Aloma Ave. and Lakemont Dr. Monday morning at approximately 5 a.m. No one was injured in the blast, but some minor damage occured near the building's entrance. POLICE FIND LINK TO SUTTON • A police K-9 unit traced the source of the bomb to Sutton Place South Apartments on Tuesday, prompting agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to conduct a thorough search of common areas and residents' rooms. DANI PICARD /The Sandspur Police dogs link Sutton Place South Apartments, one of Rollins' residential facilities, to a pipe bombing crime at an area Walgreens drugstore. by Joshua Benesh bomb explosion to the WPPD officers, a K9 unit, several members of the fore the search, "the dogs the sandspur doorsteps of several Sutton plainclothes officers identi group not only in regards to led straight to your apart 7 For residents of the Stit- residents. fying themselves as FBI and their potential connection ment/ ton Apartments, the ordi syPW^e investigation was a ATF agents, members of with the incident but also The search and its tactics nary Florida afternoon oi result of October 17 incident, Campus Security, and Resi concerning the names and; left Sutton residents in an October 1 a leap when a pipe bomb exploded dential Life Director Ken backgrounds of recer state of shock, unable to ward extraordi]nary . Kesi- outside the Walgreens Drug Posner and Assistant Direc tors to their residence. fully comprehend what ex -dents reoort that he early Store located on the corner tor Katie Berzowski. The Derek Mclver, a fellow actly was taking place. The search, as explained to Mc - «ffternoon *VJ ntei Park Police of Aloma and Lakemont. Sutton resident, was subject invesfctgatic continued Sorley by an agent, was for )range County According to officials and ed to a similar method of with many more residents, bomb materials and based jrljfis' Department, Bu- store employees, the blast searchy receiving a phone not connected; with the on a trace scent picked up by >f Alcohol, Tobacco, occurred at approximately 5 call from a federal agent in apartments to which the an ATF K9 unit that led from Tirearms, and Explosives, a.m. and resulted in no in forming him of the necessity scent was traced, being the scene of Walgreens pipe to return to his residence in and FBI officials descended juries or deaths thoughmin asked about suspicious ac bomb explosion directly to order for the search to take tivity that would elude to upon the Sutton complex in imal damage was sustained several apartments within place. Mclver continued by bomb assembly taking place an investigation resulting by the storefront. Sutton Place. saying that he arrived back within the building. Chelsea from the lead provided by According to Sutton res at his apartment and found Cooke, one of McSorley's bomb sensing K9 units. The ident Meredith McSorley, at McSorley explained fur it already occupied by mem roommates, relayed in dis lead had established, ac approximately 1:45 p.m. a ther that, upon the conclu bers of the group of law en belief, "I can barely make cording to Sgt. Pam Marcum gathering requested permis sion of the search, she and forcement agents and his chicken soup, much less a of the Winter Park Police De sion to enter and search her her roommates that were roommate. He reported bomb." partment, a trail leading apartment. The group con present at the time of the sisted of two uniformed search were questioned by being told by an agent be CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Eco-Rollins Cleans Up Beach iPod Nano Review Has Dieting Gone too Far? INDE Read about the deadly extents to NEWS 2 Read about the Enviromental Read our reporter's which college women go to lose the group's trip to Satellite Beach and review of the new and extra OPINIONS 5 their efforts to tidy up the beach. exciting Apple prod ipounds. HOLT NEWS 8 uct that is sweeping the nation. ENTERTAINMENT .10 LIFE & TIMES 13 page 4 page 11 page 15 SPORTS 18 OCTOBER 21, 2005 THE SANDSPUR -NEWS Bloomberg Announces Security To Be Increased On New York Subway System uncovered a plan that in damper the typical hum of million people." flicting demands of gather • After threats of cluded 19 suicide bombers the city. Echoing the general Because of the London ing good intelligence, pre possible terror carrying briefcases and sentiment of New Yorkers, bombings that occurred last venting harm and informing ism, subway secu strollers to bomb the subway Paul Radtke, of Hoboken, July, local officials have been and reassuring the public." system when they raided an N.J., stated "unless it's some more inclined in New York As the weekend passed by rity is to be in Al-Qaida base near the south thing dramatic that's hap to take threats such as these peacefully, officials pulled creased. of Baghdad. pening, I've got to go to more seriously. However, in back security within the sub In response to the threat, work." Despite the threat, wake of the threat, the local way system. The threat is by Kelsey Field security immediately mobi New York remains on code officials have had to contin being considered as U.S. offi the sandspur lized and began a search orange, the high alert that it ually justify their actions cials try to sort out the plot On Oct.13, New York through commuters' has stayed at since the Sep when questioned by federal from the three Iraqi men in City's mayor Michael strollers, bags, brief cases tember 11th attacks, and officials, especially those in custody and the Iraqi tipster. Bloomberg made a national and luggage. The oddity of there are no plans of raising the Department of Home The three alleged men ly televised announcement the threat was the level de that level. land Security, whose eye who were to be taking part that security would be in tail, which the "intelligence Although the threat was brows rose at the city's reac in the attack did not own creased following a credible community concluded to be determined false, Mayor tion to the plot. fake passports; they were threat that the subway sys of doubtful credibility." Bloomberg ordered a near Local officials claimed without travel documents or tem would be the next ter Although New York offi shut down of the subway that their action was reason a viable route from Iraq to rorist targeted attack. cials knew about the threat system that hosts 4.5 million able, as the threat had war New York City. Although the The threat explicitly stat on Oct. 10, they waited to di riders daily. The mayor has ranted a sweeping of the threat proved to be unfound ed that a baby stroller with vulge information until Oct. also since been pressed to Iraqi men thought to be in ed, many officials commend explosives would be the 13, following the arrests of defend his decision to go volved. If nothing else, the ed the reaction by most likely method of bomb two or three Al-Qaida oper public about the terrorist reaction to the threat shows Bloomberg and his staff, and ing, in addition to other sub atives who were taken cap threats, stating that "it is es the cooperation occurring declared that similar action way bombing methods. tive in Iraq. sential that authorities err on between local officials and would be taken to future United States intelligence of However, the news of a the side of caution when intelligence officials in Iraq, credible threats in order to ficials said that U.S. forces terrorist threat did not protecting the city of eight "meeting the sometimes con ensure the safety of the city. Search of Sutton Place Apartments CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 evidence that constructed a investigative methods being the Rollins community" exists cies involved in the investiga When reached for com link between Sutton Place and used, Miller advanced that he in regards to the situation cur tion." When questioned about ment, Ken Miller, Director of the Walgreens pipe bombing. "asked to limit the scope of the rently under investigation. her direct role in the investiga Campus Security, corroborat Miller stated that the investi investigation" and that "no in When reached for com tion she advanced, "I had no ed the student accounts of the gation consisted of a joint ef vestigation or questioning ment, WPPD Sgt. Pam Mar- role in the investigation." investigation, saying that three fort between federal and local without probable cause" cum confirmed that the inves When approached with rooms were searched in the officers, adding that Campus should take place, putting to tigation was a joint venture be Berzowski's claims, several presence and with the consent Security and Rollins at large an end the door-to-door tactics tween both local and federal Sutton students voiced dis of their residents.

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