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Police Stop Man Wearing Armored Helmet, Vest In SUV
POSTED: 2:29 pm EDT May 11, 2005
UPDATED: 9:54 am EDT May 12, 2005
SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- A 43-year-old man wearing a bulletproof helmet and vest and carrying suspicious equipment in his SUV was taken into police custody Wednesday after he was pulled over and restrained with a stun gun, a police official said.
However, no immediate danger was found and the man was not arrested, said White Plains police Commissioner Frank Straub. He was taken to police headquarters for questioning and was to be taken later Wednesday to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, said Inspector Daniel Jackson.
"We have an individual who is acting in a very unusual behavior," Straub said. "It's still an open investigation. We need to do some more work to determine exactly what his intent was."
Straub said a member of an FBI task force spotted the man driving near the Kensico Reservoir in north White Plains while wearing a Kevlar helmet and a "tactical vest."
As the man drove south on Route 22, White Plains police were called and asked to stop him. He was pulled over just beyond the Scarsdale border and had to be restrained with the help of the stun gun, Straub said.
In the car, police found wires, batteries, a circuit board, a camera mounted on the dashboard and several canisters, one of which contained an unidentified liquid, the commissioner said.
Several houses in the area were evacuated and the Westchester County bomb squad was called in, he said. A bomb-sniffing dog found no explosives and the vehicle was later taken away by police as residents returned to their homes.
http://www.wnbc.com/traffic/4477247/detail.html
POSTED: 2:29 pm EDT May 11, 2005
UPDATED: 9:54 am EDT May 12, 2005
SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- A 43-year-old man wearing a bulletproof helmet and vest and carrying suspicious equipment in his SUV was taken into police custody Wednesday after he was pulled over and restrained with a stun gun, a police official said.
However, no immediate danger was found and the man was not arrested, said White Plains police Commissioner Frank Straub. He was taken to police headquarters for questioning and was to be taken later Wednesday to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, said Inspector Daniel Jackson.
"We have an individual who is acting in a very unusual behavior," Straub said. "It's still an open investigation. We need to do some more work to determine exactly what his intent was."
Straub said a member of an FBI task force spotted the man driving near the Kensico Reservoir in north White Plains while wearing a Kevlar helmet and a "tactical vest."
As the man drove south on Route 22, White Plains police were called and asked to stop him. He was pulled over just beyond the Scarsdale border and had to be restrained with the help of the stun gun, Straub said.
In the car, police found wires, batteries, a circuit board, a camera mounted on the dashboard and several canisters, one of which contained an unidentified liquid, the commissioner said.
Several houses in the area were evacuated and the Westchester County bomb squad was called in, he said. A bomb-sniffing dog found no explosives and the vehicle was later taken away by police as residents returned to their homes.
http://www.wnbc.com/traffic/4477247/detail.html
