BOMB SUSPECT HELD.Byline: Daily News CANYON COUNTRY - An 18-year-old Canyon Country man was arrested on suspicion of possessing an explosive device after sheriff's deputies found a homemade bomb at his apartment, officials said Friday. Alexander Tater was being held at the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, sheriff's station jail in lieu of $500,000 pending his arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted Monday in Newhall Superior Court, officials said. A 911 hang-up call stemming from a domestic disturbance led deputies to Tater's apartment about 10 p.m. Thursday, said sheriff's Sgt. Russell Brown Russell Leslie Brown (born September 17, 1951) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He is Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Galloway. Russell Brown was born in Annan, Scotland, and attended the local Annan Academy. . ``Deputies found a plastic bottle filled with gunpowder gunpowder, explosive mixture; its most common formula, called "black powder," is a combination of saltpeter, sulfur, and carbon in the form of charcoal. Historically, the relative amounts of the components have varied. and pellets with a wick coming out the top,'' Brown said. ``Deputies then dismantled it and rendered it safe.'' Eight apartments in the complex at 27331 Fahren Court were evacuated while deputies dismantled the device, officials said. |
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