FBI QUESTIONS SUSPECT IN MERCURY SPILL.Byline: SUE DOYLE Staff Writer A transient A malfunction that occurs at random intervals and lasts for a short duration such as a spike or surge in a power line or a memory cell that intermittently fails. See spike and power surge. transient - 1. suspected of spilling mercury on a downtown subway subway: see rapid transit. subway Underground railway system used to transport passengers within urban and suburban areas. The first subway line, 3. platform last month was questioned Monday by the FBI, who said the incident was not terrorism-related. Armando Bustamante Miranda, 27, arrived at a sheriff's station Monday at the request of authorities and was arrested on an unrelated probation violation, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said. Whitmore would not say how officials found the homeless man and didn't know what his probation violation was. Authorities launched an intense search last week for the man seen in a Dec. 22 Metropolitan Transportation Authority video crouched crouch v. crouched, crouch·ing, crouch·es v.intr. 1. a. To stoop, especially with the knees bent: crouched over the grate, searching for his keys. on the subway platform at 10:45 p.m. inside Pershing Square. Reading a magazine and spinning a gooseneck bottle containing mercury, he then knocked the bottle over, and the substance spilled onto the platform. He immediately called MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. operators from a nearby phone and reported the spill -- about the size of a hockey puck. Authorities had searched for the man since then. ``We're very pleased,'' MTA CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Roger Snoble said. ``We've been trying to find this individual for quite a long time.'' FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said officials were asking Miranda where he got the mercury and what he was doing with it. The MTA has come under fire for its response to the spill after it took eight hours to clean it up as patrons continued to use the platform. A maintenance crew arrived at 7 a.m. Dec. 23, and a patron noticed it was being handled improperly and called sheriff's deputies, who then called the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . Firefighters cleared the station and closed it for the next 12 hours while they cleaned up the spill. Snoble said he was concerned about the MTA's response to the spill. He said the agency is changing procedures and retraining re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train employees. sue.doyle(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3746 |
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