Friday, April 12, 2013

Sheriff Arpaio: Explosive device 1 of many threats



Sheriff Arpaio: Explosive device 1 of many threats

Posted: Apr 12, 2013 12:41 AM EDT - Updated: Apr 12, 2013 2:16 PM EDT
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By BOB CHRISTIE
Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) - Authorities are investigating what was reported to be an explosive device addressed to Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America."
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says the package intercepted in Flagstaff late Thursday was addressed to Arpaio at his downtown Phoenix office.
It had been left in a parcel locker in a rural part of Coconino County, outside the Flagstaff city limits. U.S. Postal Inspection Service spokesman Keith Moore says a courier brought it into the main Post Office in Flagstaff, and authorities used a water cannon to neutralize the package.
Moore says laboratory testing will determine whether the contents of the package actually would have exploded.
Arpaio says this isn't the first time he's been threatened.
Authorities in Flagstaff say they're pursuing leads in the case.

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