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Suspicious bag shuts downtown light rail ANOTHER BOMB SCARE IN SF, PLUS A STALLED CAR IN PALO ALTO, MAKE FOR BAD COMMUTES Staff Reports
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his week began badly for rail passengers after two apparently unrelated bomb scares, one in downtown Mountain View, disrupted service Monday evening. Those incidents were followed by another Caltrain delay Tuesday morning when a car stalled on the tracks in Palo Alto. The Mountain View incident resulted in the closure of the VTA Light Rail station in downtown Mountain View on Monday night after someone noticed a suspicious bag in the area at around 7:15 p.m., according to Valley Transportation Authority spokesperson Brandi Childress. The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office responded to the station, which remained closed until about 9:30 p.m., she said. A “bus bridge” was set up to take passengers between the Mountain View and Whisman stations. Sheriff’s Department spokesman Sgt. Rick Sung told the Voice the bag was a duffel containing a battery with soldered wires. The department’s bomb squad used a water cannon to safely dispose of the bag, he said, and bomb technicians are
investigating the remnants of what appear to be a small electronic device to determine if it actually was an explosive. The closure also affected some Caltrain service in the area, which had experienced its own problems earlier that day after a bomb threat was called in to the agency, halting all trains between San Francisco and Millbrae for several hours. According to Caltrain spokesperson Christine Dunn, someone called Caltrain at about 2:45 p.m. Monday claiming there was a bomb on one of the southbound trains leaving San Francisco. Trains were inspected by transit police, and 150 passengers and crew aboard one train were evacuated and taken by bus to Millbrae. Caltrain resumed to full service later that afternoon. On Tuesday morning, trains were again delayed after a car stalled on the tracks in Palo Alto, according to Dunn. It was not hit by a train and no one was injured, she said. All trains reportedly were back on schedule as of 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. No one was hurt in any of the incidents. Bay City News contributed to this report.
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POLICE: KNIFE-WIELDING BOY ARRESTED Mountain View police say they arrested a 15-year-old boy Saturday in connection with a strong-arm robbery on Middlefield Road in which a six-inch knife was used. The victim, a Mountain View resident, was walking down the sidewalk toward Easy Street at around 10:50 p.m. April 17 when he approached a group of three people walking toward him, said police spokesman Steve McCoy. While the other two walked by, the suspect pulled out a six-inch knife and demanded money from the victim, McCoy said. The suspect, who has not been named by police because of his age, got away with about $50, McCoy said. The victim went home and called police, and about 10 minutes later an officer spotted the 15-year-old, chased him down and detained him, McCoy said, adding that the suspect dropped the money and knife during the foot chase. “The suspect was initially arrested for resisting arrest, and then charged with robbery and violation of probation,” McCoy said. The young sus-
pect was wearing an ankle monitor, he said, and was on probation for assault on a police officer. He was booked into juvenile hall. — Andrea Gemmet
EPA MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING AT COPS A man suspected of firing a gun at two police officers during a traffic stop in East Palo Alto on Tuesday was arrested early Thursday morning on Calderon Avenue in Mountain View, police said. After four hours of negotiations with Mountain View’s SWAT team, Miguel Alvarado, 20, was taken into custody without incident at about 4:30 a.m. He was found inside a Mountain View apartment at 210 Calderon Ave. where his 18-yearold girlfriend reportedly lives. Police said Alvarado shot at two officers Tuesday morning, then fled. No one was injured. Alvarado has reportedly been charged with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer, carrying a loaded weapon and giving a false identity to police. — Staff Reports APRIL 23, 2010 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■
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