Zoneboy
10-14-2008, 11:30 PM
Link (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/14/BAMP13GII1.DTL&hw=bomb&sn=001&sc=1000)
Police evacuated part of a Financial District high-rise Monday, after a man angry that he had been turned down to appear on a TV game show walked into a law office wearing a blinking device that he described as a bomb, authorities and witnesses said.
Police also cordoned off the area around California and Battery streets before arresting the man in the law office at 275 Battery St. The situation was resolved around 1:30 p.m., and police were reopening the streets around 2 p.m.
The incident began when a man walked into the Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein law office and indicated to the receptionist that he had a bomb, police Sgt. Neville Gittens said. Police were called at 12:40 p.m.
Officers evacuated the legal firm's offices on the 28th, 29th and 30th floors and arrested the man. His name has not been released.
Gittens said the man had a device made of a white tube and some sort of flashing light. The bomb squad was examining it to determine whether it was actually an explosive, he said.
Anthony McDaniel, facilities manager at the law office, said the man was holding a note and wearing a belt with a blinking light. McDaniel said the man indicated he was angry because he was passed over to appear on the TV game show "The Price is Right."
Police evacuated part of a Financial District high-rise Monday, after a man angry that he had been turned down to appear on a TV game show walked into a law office wearing a blinking device that he described as a bomb, authorities and witnesses said.
Police also cordoned off the area around California and Battery streets before arresting the man in the law office at 275 Battery St. The situation was resolved around 1:30 p.m., and police were reopening the streets around 2 p.m.
The incident began when a man walked into the Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein law office and indicated to the receptionist that he had a bomb, police Sgt. Neville Gittens said. Police were called at 12:40 p.m.
Officers evacuated the legal firm's offices on the 28th, 29th and 30th floors and arrested the man. His name has not been released.
Gittens said the man had a device made of a white tube and some sort of flashing light. The bomb squad was examining it to determine whether it was actually an explosive, he said.
Anthony McDaniel, facilities manager at the law office, said the man was holding a note and wearing a belt with a blinking light. McDaniel said the man indicated he was angry because he was passed over to appear on the TV game show "The Price is Right."