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To: long-gone who wrote (66760)3/30/2001 1:36:48 PM
From: Rarebird  Read Replies (3) of 116753
 
FBI nabs refinery worker on bomb threat

Friday, March 30, 2001 12:48 PM EST

LOS ANGELES, Mar 30, 2001 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- An
employee on a stress disability leave was arrested for allegedly threatening to
open fire on his co-workers at a Los Angeles-area oil refinery and the set off a
bomb in the highly flammable plant, it was reported Friday.

The Los Angeles Times said an assault rifle, armor-piercing ammunition and books
on explosives and living as a fugitive from justice were found Thursday at the
Torrance home a 37-year-old employee of the Chevron refinery in El Segundo.

"We feel a potentially significant workplace tragedy was prevented," said FBI
Assistant Director James DeSarno.

The suspect was scheduled to be arraigned Monday on charges of interfering with
interstate commerce through threats, threatening to use a weapon of mass
destruction and mailing threatening communications.

The FBI said refinery worker had been on stress disability leave from the plant
for two years and, according to a Chevron psychologist quoted in court
documents, had threatened last December to blow up the refinery.

The Times reported that the man had filed a lawsuit last summer claiming that
Hispanic employees had been unfairly promoted over him.

The Chevron El Segundo refinery is located near the coast less than 1 mile south
of Los Angeles International Airport.

Copyright 2001 by United Press International.

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