UNITED AIR EMPLOYEE SUSPECTED OF THREATS.Byline: Donna Huffaker
BURBANK - Police arrested a United Airlines employee suspected of having threatened two colleagues with a gun in the last four months. Brian Nixon, 44, of Culver City Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. was booked on suspicion of making terrorist threats after two United reservations operators told authorities he pulled a gun on them, said police Lt. Bob Giles. Officers searched Nixon's home, car and locker Things commonly known as lockers include:
An operator in the reservations center, 2800 Hollywood Way, called 911 about 7:30 p.m. Saturday saying Nixon came into the office on his day off, pulled a gun from his waistband and threatened to kill him, Giles said. Witnesses inside the reservations office Saturday told police they saw a confrontation but did not see a gun. Officials from United Airlines declined comment Monday. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Giles, Nixon was upset over a phone call his girlfriend made to the operator, a 51-year-old Monrovia man who police would not identify. The operator followed Nixon to the airport parking garage and Nixon threatened him again before driving away, Giles said. Giles said Nixon got into an argument with another colleague in January and when both men walked into the parking lot, Nixon pushed the man against a trunk A communications channel between two points. It generally refers to a high-bandwidth, fiber-optic line between telephone switching centers (central offices). Telephone "trunks" handle thousands of simultaneous voice and data signals, whereas telephone "lines" are the wires from the , put his hand on his chest and pointed a gun near the man's head, saying he was going to kill him. The man did not report the incident because he was scared for his safety, Giles said. Nixon was released from Burbank City Jail on Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. on $50,000 bail. No one answered the phone at Nixon's home Monday. |
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