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A Serial Bomber in Phoenix

By Scott Stewart

A small improvised explosive device (IED) detonated at a Salvation Army distribution center in Phoenix, Ariz., on the afternoon of May 24. Two Salvation Army employees discovered the explosive device, which was concealed inside a yellow, hand-held 6-volt flashlight, as they were sorting through a box of donated items. The IED exploded when one of the employees picked up the flashlight and attempted to turn it on. The blast was not very powerful, and the two employees suffered only minor injuries.

This was the third incident in the Greater Phoenix area in recent weeks involving an IED concealed in a flashlight. Two explosive devices very similar to the May 24 IED exploded May 13 and May 14 in Glendale, Ariz., a city in the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area. Both devices were abandoned in public places. In the May 13 incident, a woman discovered a yellow, hand-held 6-volt flashlight next to a tree outside a Glendale business. When the woman picked up the flashlight and attempted to turn it on, it exploded, causing minor scratches and bruises to her face and hands. It also inflicted minor wounds to a woman beside her. The next day, a man found an identical flashlight in a ditch where he was working in another part of Glendale. He was lightly injured when the flashlight exploded as he attempted to turn it on. Read the rest of this entry »

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10 children rescued from smugglers in Phoenix

A member of the Phoenix Police Department S.W.A.T. team stands in front of a home where 10 juveniles were rescued at a suspected drop house Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, in Phoenix.

PHOENIX — Ten children have been rescued from human smugglers who threatened to rape and kill some of them if their parents didn’t pay more money for their entry into the U.S., authorities said Friday.

The smugglers threatened to rape and kill three El Salvadoran sisters ages 12, 14 and 16 if their mother didn’t pay them $10,000, Arizona Department of Public Safety Capt. Fred Zumbo said.

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/03/5576566-10-children-rescued-from-smugglers-in-phoenix

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Phoenix home invasion goes awry for bad guys

“PHOENIX — Phoenix police say a home invasion robbery went awry when one of the suspects startled another and was shot by his partner in crime.

The robbery unfolded Wednesday when three armed men forced their way into a home occupied by a couple and a 2-year-old girl.”

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/14/4677852-phoenix-home-invasion-goes-awry-for-bad-guys

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