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MyspaceA lone person, dressed in all black, threw two improvised firebombs at the Isla Vista Foot Patrol station last night at around 7:45 p.m.
The devices — called Molotov cocktails, which are breakable bottles filled with a flammable substance and stopped with a rag that’s set ablaze — caused relatively minor damage to the outside of the building, an “Operation Medicine Cabinet” drop box, and an unoccupied Sheriff’s patrol car. No one was hurt.
The bottle that hit the patrol car didn’t cause any fire damage, but it did shatter the windshield. Stucco on the front of the building, located in the 6500 block of Trigo Road, was burned by the second bottle. A witness reported seeing the suspect toss the bottles then run south away from the scene.
The incident is under investigation, and Sheriff’s Department encourages anyone with information to call (805) 681-4100 or (805) 681-4171.
If you've been involved in a crime, email crime@independent.com.
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Must be the friendly neighborhood anarchist @ work here :) henry
hank (anonymous profile)
November 16, 2011 at 11:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
So how long before the "progressives" on here start chiming in that it was a ruse set up by the IVFP to stir up passions against the "occupy" crowd @ IV Park? It's a "conservative conspiracy" ya'll! :) henry
hank (anonymous profile)
November 16, 2011 at 11:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Seems you're the one who proffered that possibility Hank. Can't assign an idea you came up with to someone else.
I condemn this firebombing and all violence.
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
November 16, 2011 at 12:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
KenV: "Seems you're the one who proffered that possibility Hank."
Yeah, but the "progressives" are all about the "right wing conservative conspiracy" & stuff like "class war" & blaming it on "The Man" in every aspect of their lives. Ever wonder why their misery index is on the high side?
But all kidding aside, this clown needs to get caught before he/she ends up hurting innocent people.
The fact that those cocktails didn't work right shows the ignorance of the would-be arsonist. There's tricks to the trade, he/she obviously doesn't know them :) henry
hank (anonymous profile)
November 16, 2011 at 2:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hank, we are too busy sticking it to the man in every aspect of our lives to have our misery index on the high side, but we are busy getting high too if that's what you mean. Juvenille acts of random graffiti violence prove ignorant when you have an option of education and infiltration.
spacey (anonymous profile)
November 18, 2011 at 11:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)