
The discovery of another suspicious package comes just hours before a federal court hearing was to begin in Miami for 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc. None of the bombs exploded and no one was injured. The main issue will be whether he waives extradition to New York and whether he seeks release on bail.Īuthorities say Sayoc faces more than 50 years in prison if convicted on all charges. He is being prosecuted in New York, so his Florida hearing will likely be brief and process-oriented. Another suspicious package was sent to CNN the third mailed to the network in a week and intercepted at an Atlanta post office, officials. Sayoc was arrested Friday outside a South Florida auto parts store after investigators said they identified him through fingerprint and DNA evidence. By Pete Williams, Jonathan Dienst and David K.
ATLANTA NEWS SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE DRIVER
She represents the Florida district where the former male stripper, pizza driver and strip club DJ lived in an older van covered with bumper stickers praising Trump, disparaging Democrats and CNN and showing rifle crosshairs over liberals like Clinton and filmmaker Michael Moore.ĬNN said the “package looks similar in appearance to the wave of pipe bombs that were mailed last week to prominent Democrats around the country, including two that were addressed to CNN’s New York bureau.” Authorities did not immediately say who might be responsible for sending the most recent package to CNN, but law enforcement officials have said they believe the packages were staggered and more could be discovered. news coverage and the intensity of the violence adds to their impact.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former chair of the Democratic National Committee. Atlanta, we can see our world changing right before our eyes. At least some listed a return address of U.S. The packages were intercepted from Delaware to California. ORIGINAL STORY: Police units are canvassing the Peachtree Road and Deering Road area for a suspicious package. An aerial view from our Atlanta News First chopper shows police cars. (Atlanta News First) - UPDATE: The blockage has been cleared and the package was found to be nonhazardous.


Sayoc is accused of sending bubble-wrapped manila envelopes to Democrats such as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. (Atlanta News First) - UPDATE: The blockage has been cleared and the package was found to be nonhazardous. The latest suspicious package comes just hours before a federal court hearing was to begin in Miami for 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc, whom authorities accuse of sending explosive material to Democrats and other prominent critics of President Donald Trump. Law enforcement officials have said they believe the packages were staggered and more could be discovered. (Atlanta News First) - A suspicious package had a busy medical building shut down as Homeland Security, the Atlanta Fire Department and the Atlanta Police Department investigate Wednesday morning.
