A neighborhood in Staten Island, New York is on high alert after police removed a Latin American family from their West Brighton home. The Barahona family lives on Sumner Place and police have been outside the home for several hours. Reports have surfaced saying someone in the home was making explosives. Police have not confirmed if that is the case. The NYPD officers on the scene declined to give Latin Times a comment. On Wednesday afternoon an unidentified 54-year-old man was taken into police custody in connection with a string of bombing hoaxes on the North Shore of Staten Island.
The suspect in custody was arrested Wednesday while at his job in lower Manhattan. The unidentified man was taken to the 121st Precinct on Staten Island for questioning. According to the Wall Street Journal the man has confessed to planting one of four false bombing devices on the Island. The latest device was found on Saturday afternoon in front of a home on Grymes Hill. Sanitation workers discovered an "improvised explosive device" inside of a black backpack on Duncan Road.
On Thursday another device was found on Brentwood Ave. in the neighborhood of Randall Manor. Several homes in the neighborhood were evacuated and neighbors have been on edge ever since. A neighborhood man discovered the backpack while out for a walk. The man opened the bag and discovered wires and assumed he was looking at a bomb, the man then called 911. In early September a similar bag was discovered in New Springville. With the unidentified man now in custody police believe they have a motive for the series of bomb scares.
The motive reads like a trashy romance novel. Police believe the man responsible for the bombing hoaxes was involved in a love triangle and looking to set up the husband of the woman he loved in order to have her for himself. One of the backpacks police found had a note attached to the bag. The note was written in Spanish but it pointed it was apparently signed by the husband the man in custody was looking to replace.
The nature of the relationship between the suspect and the woman is still unclear. Whether or not an affair was going on is unknown but reports say the man in custody was "at least smitten" with the lady. It is also believed the man that planted the fake bombs had no interest in blowing anything up. It seems the man was more interesting in the police finding the notes that implicated his newly married rival. This story is still developing but it has been reported no official charges have been filed against the bomber.
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