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U.S. NEWS Saturday 3 November 2018

Pipe bomb suspect agrees to NY transfer, no bail

By CURT ANDERSON after the hearing. “We feel “Your guess is as good as President Joe Biden, Cali-
AP Legal Affairs Writer we’ve done all we can.” mine,” he said. “The gov- fornia Sen. Kamala Harris
MIAMI (AP) — The suspect Sayoc has been accused ernment wants to get him and New Jersey Sen. Cory
accused of sending pipe of sending 15 improvised up there as soon as they Booker. Packages were
bombs to prominent critics explosive devices to nu- can.” Prosecutors left court also mailed to CNN in New
of President Trump agreed merous Democrats, Trump without speaking to report- York and Atlanta.
Friday to be transferred to critics and media outlets. ers. Sayoc was arrested a The laptop also has a file
New York to face charges, The FBI said Friday an ad- week ago outside a South with the address in Sun-
while the FBI said an addi- ditional package similar Florida auto parts store in a rise, Florida, of the office of
tional package was found to the earlier ones was re- white van in which he had U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasser-
addressed to Democratic covered at a postal facil- been living, a vehicle cov- man Schultz, former chair-
billionaire donor Tom Stey- ity near San Francisco. The ered with stickers of Trump woman of the Democratic
er. package discovered late and showing images of National Committee. That
Attorneys for Cesar Sayoc Thursday was the second some of the president’s op- office was used as the re-
said Friday in Miami fed- addressed to Steyer, who ponents with red crosshairs In this Aug. 30, 2015, file photo turn address on the pack-
released by the Broward
eral court that it’s better has done TV ads calling over their faces. County Sheriff’s office, Cesar ages containing the pipe
if his lawyers in New York for Trump’s impeachment. Sayoc faces nearly 50 years Sayoc is seen in a booking bombs, according to the
can take the case as soon None of the packages in prison if convicted on five photo, in Miami. FBI. The computer file was
as possible. They could still have exploded and no federal charges that were Associated Press labeled “Debbie W.docx”.
seek a bail hearing there, one was injured. filed in New York because fingerprints on two of them. Benjamin, however, said
but prosecutors say he The timing of Sayoc’s some of the devices were Other evidence includes the prosecution letter does
should remain jailed, giv- transfer is uncertain. It can recovered there. online searches Sayoc did not prove anything yet.
en the magnitude of the happen quickly or take Sayoc’s lawyers decided on his laptop and cellphone He noted that it refers to
charges and the strong evi- weeks, and is not usually not to seek release on bail for addresses and photos “possible” DNA matches to
dence against him. announced ahead of time after prosecutors released of some of his intended tar- Sayoc. “The word flimsy ac-
“We wanted to make sure by the U.S. Marshals Ser- a letter outlining more evi- gets, which included former tually still applies,” Benjamin
that all of his constitutional vice, Benjamin said. Even dence against him, includ- President Barack Obama, told reporters. “We can’t
rights were preserved,” said defense lawyers are not in- ing DNA linking him to 10 of former Secretary of State do anything but speculate
attorney James Benjamin formed. the explosive devices and Hillary Clinton, former Vice now. And it’s too early.”q

Indiana legislators push for school bus cameras after crash

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — signal device is extended, said.
Indiana legislators are causing bodily injury. The cameras would be
pushing to add cameras Pressel said bus drivers mounted to the outside of
on the outside of school have told him vehicles buses and would take pic-
buses after police say a frequently illegally pass tures of drivers who pass
driver ignored a stop arm school buses that have when the stop arm is de-
and crashed into children their stop arms deployed. ployed. Law enforcement
crossing a road, killing “It’s a huge problem,” he agencies could then use
three and critically injuring said. the pictures to issue charg-
another. More than 3,000 drivers es or citations.
Republican Rep. Jim Pres- have violated the state’s Previous attempts to em-
sel said he was already school bus stop-arm law, ploy stop-arm cameras
working on such legisla- according to the Indiana in Indiana have run into
tion before the accident Department of Education. roadblocks.
Tuesday morning in Fulton Under the law, an officer “The concern expressed
County. must witness the violation at the time was about pri-
Indiana State Police Sgt. to ticket someone, ac- vacy,” said Democratic
Tony Slocum said the pick- cording to Indiana State Rep. Ed Delaney, who This undated family photo provided by Elgin Ingle shows Alivia
up’s driver, Alyssa Shep- Police Sgt. John Perrine. co-sponsored stop-arm Stahl, center, and her twin brothers, Xzavier and Mason Ingle.
herd, 24, of Rochester, was “We almost have to be in camera legislation sever- Associated Press
arrested and charged with the perfect position to see al years ago. “I just don’t ing misdemeanor charges to people taking action.
three counts of reckless that that stop arm is out to share that.” against drivers who com- Maybe something like this
homicide and one misde- see the relation, the loca- Republican Sen. Eric mit stop-arm violations. would have greater like-
meanor count of passing tion of that car, as they’re Bassler said he also hopes “I hate to think of this,” he lihood now because of
a school bus when an arm passing the bus,” Perrine to advance a bill facilitat- said. “But tragedies lead what happened.”q