right off the top at five we're now
seeing the pipe bomb terror suspects
caesar's say off being moved from FBI
headquarters in Miramar FBI agents
swarming this auto parts store in
Plantation collecting evidence and
interviewing witnesses after this
morning's takedown of the suspect sky 10
was overhead as a man believed to belong
the suspect was towed to FBI
headquarters where investigators will go
through it you can imagine with a
fine-tooth comb agents have been
grilling the suspect this afternoon 56
year old Cesar see yahoo has been
arrested before for making bomb threats
we have live team coverage of the pipe
bomb terror arrest Michael Putney is
live with the suspects connection to
Aventura and Todd tongan is live at FBI
headquarters in Miramar our DC bureau
chief Ross Palumbo has new information
from the US Justice Department news
conference this afternoon but we begin
with our Glenna Milberg live at the
scene of that takedown today in
Plantation Glenna Calvin Laurie we
already knew that there was a lot of
evidence that investigator hat
investigators had because of the number
of the packages and the bombs inside had
all of those forensic parts but now we
find it's one fingerprint that really
cracked the case off of one of the
packages matched with DNA because this
suspect says our seoc has been a
criminal before it was all in the
database they were able to get his cell
phone and tracked him right here to this
plantation autozone this morning at
first I thought that you know it could
have been a bomb but with the law
enforcement response and where they were
it was obviously a flashbang grainy
surveillance but you can see the sudden
flash bang meant to stun and a swarm of
people moving in for the arrest he
wasn't saying anything you know he
wasn't yelling or screaming or flailing
he was in handcuffs and he calmly was
escorted to the vehicle some get in with
no problem I mean he just had that look
of okay it's over
these are seoc 56 Aventura resident is
now facing five federal charges for what
agents believe that he crafted now 14
and maybe more crude explosives packaged
them up in manila envelopes and mailed
them to lawmakers media and a movie star
whose common denominator is their public
criticism of President Trump see FBI I
see cops I see
everybody all over the guy the guy was
actually underground so I thought he got
shot or something you can see the
posters and signs plastered all over
sighs van most our logos messages and
pictures of the president GOP the van
covered and towed for FBI processing
agents spent a few hours inside the Auto
Zone at the cash register speaking to
employees and collecting surveillance
tape
still a lot of evidence yet to come
especially with what agents did here but
remember most if not all of these
packages on the return address had the
address of the offices of congresswoman
debbie Wasserman Schultz we were with
the congresswoman this morning she
really had no idea why she would be part
not only a target but part of what
seemed like a conspiracy I will tell you
this is at least if we have the correct
addresses for CSR saith he is a
constituent of Debbie wasserman-schultz
that is her district she is his
congresswoman so much more to come about
this case I'm Glenda Milberg live in
Plantation today local 10 News and
Glenda at least one witness talked about
hearing some sort of explosive device go
off during the takedown today is that
normal is that was that a typical
procedure for an arrest of this nature
I'm not sure I would call it typical but
it is used in many instances it is the
element of surprise if they want to
distract or surprise a suspect which in
this case I suppose they did but it is a
sudden not only loud bang some people
thought that they were hearing a bomb go
off here but there's also this intense
flash of what could be blinding light if
you're right in front of it there is no
way not to react in a stunned way when a
flashbang goes off and and that is what
they decided the federal agents decided
today that they wanted to use to make
sure these are se up was stunned into
submission as it turned out as you heard
the witness say he sort of had this look
according to the witness that up it's
over they got me and that he might have
been expecting that and he went calmly
but Laloo still have to find out if he
is cooperating now Glenda Milberg live
for us where the takedown happened thank
you a live team coverage moves down to
FBI headquarters in Miramar where the
suspects van is being inspected but
Dennis Todd Tong and it's been out there
all through the day Todd we saw him walk
out you captured that what's going on
right now
well right now things are quieting down
out here has been a very busy day Caesar
seoc is no longer inside the FBI's
Miramar compound its regional
headquarters he left at about 3:30 he
was escorted out by federal agents the
56 year old was seen in handcuffs
walking out of the Sallyport door
escorted by a number of FBI agents he
had his hands cuffed behind his back he
was wearing a black sleeveless shirt and
he had a very serious expression on his
face just moments ago the black suburban
carrying say AK and another one
escorting with lights and sirens was
seen entering the sally port at the
Federal Detention Center in downtown
Miami where seoc will be held until he
sees a federal magistrate at 2:00 p.m.
on Monday the earlier in the day say
acts white van was brought here that van
that was covered with pro-trump messages
is going to be a big focus for
investigators it was transported on a
flatbed truck from plantation to the
compound here by four vehicles and it
was covered with a blue tarp all those
political messages covered up this new
state-of-the-art facility it's 380
thousand square feet it's a two hundred
million dollar facility only a couple of
years old it has all the resources it
needs to come over that van in the
coming days in fact compound has its own
auto shop inside of it they will be
looking for forensic evidence like
explosive residue remnants of
bomb-making materials and other evidence
that can further link seoc to these
crimes already charged with five federal
crimes being held in downtown Miami
right now for now we are live in Miramar
tongan local 10 News okay thanks a lot
from Miramar let's head over to Aventura
where the suspects mother and ex-wife
live local teens Michael Putney is live
there to continue our team coverage at
this hour Michael Calvin and Lori we
have been moved back several times by uh
Ventura police from in front of the
condo where authorities say say Sorek
soja Ches been living for some time
it is called the Clipper building it is
part of the Banyan Cove oh well that's
what happens in live TV it is called the
Clipper building part of Banyan Cove
which is a very upscale apartment
building here in oven
sure he has been living there in unit
number 2016 with his mother metal in soy
yak gr diello she lives there with her
husband she is on that unit since 1989
and we tried to get some comment from
the management company at Binion Cove
they simply had no comment whatsoever
and we have as we say been moved back
here several times by uh Ventura police
and we believe the reason is because the
bond squad went in there they are
clearly looking for traces of the bombs
the 13 IDs that were made or any
bomb-making materials that may be in
that apartment and still could pose a
threat to the people who live here
we are live in Aventura Michael Putney
local 10 News