Woman ties up traffic on freeway for hours with explosive devise..

[HK4U]

This was just a few miles from me. By the looks of her picture she could have tied up traffic with her looks. Pretty scary.


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Arl. Woman Arrested For Suspicious Device In Car
Woman, Identified As Kimberly Al-Homsi, Has History Of Run-Ins With Police
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A possible road rage incident turned into a bomb scare Saturday night after the suspect told police there were explosives inside her truck.

The woman arrested is no stranger to police, having been involved in similar cases in the past.

Police say the incident started when a 911 caller said the driver of the truck pointed a gun at them, and that the chase started after officers tried to stop the driver.

Arlington Police chased the truck westbound on Pioneer Parkway and into Fort Worth, where the road becomes Rosedale Street.

Police say the truck spun out after hitting a patch of ice near the intersection of Rosedale with Interstate 820.

Two people, a man and a woman, were arrested, that's when the people arrested told them there was an explosive device inside the truck.

The Fort Worth bomb squad was been called in to assist. Interstate 820 was shut down for 7 hours in the area as a precaution.

The ATF has confirmed that multiple explosive devices were found in the truck, but details on what they were will not be released until a formal criminal complain is filed after Monday's federal holiday.

The FBI has confirmed to CBS 11 the person driving the car has had similar run-ins with the law before.

CBS 11 has learned the driver is a woman named Kimberly Al-Homsi, and that she threatened another driver in a road rage case with a fake hand grenande in 2005.

At that time Garland Police arrested her for a bomb hoax after she picked up her daughter from school. In 2005 Garland Police told CBS 11 Al-Homsi had a shotgun, pistol and 5 dummy grenades in her car.

Additionally, Al-Homsi was arrested by Arlington Police in 2007 on a weapons charge after her domestic partner was involved in a standoff.

Previously that year she had been questioned by Dallas Police for 'acting suspiciously' at Dallas Love Field.

Also arrested in Saturday's incident was 18-year-old Yasinul Ansari of Arlington. Bail has not been set for the two, who are in custody on federal holds

 

[Glock Fan]

I would have had to check the plumbing to verify that was a woman!



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[JJFlash]

Yowza! That is one...um...strange (yeah, that's it, strange) looking woman. Her name is Al-Homsi? You don't say...

 

[HK4U]

My question is why was she, it or what ever not in jail?

 

[Glock Fan]

Yowza! That is one...um...strange (yeah, that's it, strange) looking woman. Her name is Al-Homsi? You don't say...

Looks like someone got run over by the ugly tree! :sarcastic:



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[ricbak]

I would have had to check the plumbing to verify that was a woman!

gf

Are you Really sure you want to get that close?

 

[ander]

1st pixture looks like the 94 yr old on death row in az,:hang3:

 

[tnmurdock]

Sorry in advance for this....SHE IS A MAN...baby...LOL

 

[Glock Fan]

Are you Really sure you want to get that close?

No kidding, I'm getting mental images of scenes out of the movie "The Crying Game". :bad:



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[SteveB]

I would have had to check the plumbing to verify that was a woman!



gf

There is NO WAY I would get close enough to check that out!

 

[brickler]

Just up the road from me too. The wife and I were coming back from dinner and wondered why the road was shut down. The smart signs said that it was just an accident. Some accident.... But they may have looked at the driver and thought maybe one of the explosives went off....

 

[HK4U]

Here is a little more info on this person. I did not realize untill I saw more news coverage tonight that this is the same person that was caught taking pictures of planes arriving and departing DFW Airport before and was on a no fly list. I remember now when this happened. She is a even a bigger wacko than I first thought. Check out the video on the web site.


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Two in custody after Fort Worth bomb scare

by MONIKA DIAZ and REBECCA LOPEZ / WFAA-TV

Posted on February 13, 2010 at 7:15 PM

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FORT WORTH — Southeast Loop 820 and East Rosedale Street in Fort Worth were reopened early Sunday morning after being shut down for five hours overnight.

The Fort Worth bomb squad detonated four charges that were found in a pickup truck that spun out on a slick road during a police pursuit.

Two people are in custody, and one of them — Kimberly Suzanne Al-Homsi — is well-known to police and federal agents.

The Fort Worth bomb squad worked through the evening on the threat. They sent a robot to check a possible explosive device inside the truck.

Investigators recovered a toy gun and three pipe-like items containing suspicious material.

Greta Willis Moss and other neighborhood residents were on alert. "Been here 27 years," she said. "This is just something wrong; we've never seen anything like this before."

It all started in Arlington as a road rage incident in the 1000 block of West Abrams Street, police said.

"Someone called to say that there was a person in another vehicle that pointed a weapon at them," said Arlington police spokeswoman Tiara Ellis Richard. "Officers found that vehicle and tried to conduct a stop. That vehicle did not stop, and as a result, the officers conducted a pursuit."

The chase continued for 20 minutes. It came to an end when the truck spun out on Rosedale at around 5:30 p.m.

Officers took two people into custody: Kimberly Suzanne Al-Homsi, 45, — who is also known as Asma Al-Homsi — and Yasinul Alan Ansari, 18. They reportedly told police there was an "incendiary device" in the vehicle.

Al-Homsi was charged with evading arrest, two counts of terroristic threats, and also a prohibited weapons count. Both remained in custody Sunday without bond due to federal holds.

News 8 has learned that Al-Homsi has been under government surveillance and was on the federal "no-fly" list after being involved in a road rage incident in December, 2005.

At that time, she held up an inert grenade and threatened another motorist. The Garland bomb squad found ammunition in her car.

In 2007, the FBI and the Dallas Police Department called Al-Homsi a possible danger. Police say she has explosives and sniper training.

In an exclusive interview with News 8 in 2007, Al-Homsi said she disagreed with U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Arlington police are working with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on the current case.

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[Aresye]

Looks like someone got run over by the ugly tree! :sarcastic:



gf

No kidding! I guess in some special cases, after hitting every branch of the way down, the ugly tree will unroot itself, and actually hunt someone down.

I'm thinking this is more of a wacko, but I guess there is a small likelihood that this could be a case of domestic terrorism. Did she have a set goal in mind? What were the explosives for? Why was she taking pictures of departures and arrivals?

 

[Scarecrow]

Looks like someone got run over by the ugly tree! :sarcastic:



gf

I think he/she ran through the whole forest!

 

[gdcleanfun]

When I was a child, my grandparents lived on Manchester Blvd in the landing path of LAX. When we'd drive into Los Angeles to visit we'd inevitably drive down the side streets of Inglewood, parking between the runways and the beach, and watched the "take-offs" go out over the Pacific Ocean. The sound of the engines was similar to having a SR71 fly by now during an "air show." No one sat in waiting with a bazooka or a rocket or a laser or what ever. We just enjoyed watching them come and go. It's a shame the kids of today won't experience that rush of power from the sounds overhead.

 

[Aresye]

Is it possible to have too big a rush of power? I've been on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier during launching/recovering, and that is quite a humongous rush of power. Definitely wouldn't want kids there though. That place certainly earns its spot as one of the most dangerous places to work.