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FBI searches former TSA agent’s van

A former Transportation Security Administration screener suspected of making threats to terminals at Los Angeles International Airport was arrested just before midnight while sitting in a van that was parked at the Harvest Church, at Urban Street and Arlington Avenue in Riverside. FBI and Riverside police investigators gather evidence from the van and around it on Wednesday morning.

A former Transportation Security Administration screener suspected of making threats to terminals at Los Angeles International Airport was arrested just before midnight while sitting in a van that was parked at the Harvest Church, at Urban Street and Arlington Avenue in Riverside. FBI and Riverside police investigators gather evidence from the van and around it on Wednesday morning.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force was searching the agent’s van in the parking lot of Harvest Christian Fellowship Church in Riverside.

TSA agent arrested in Riverside

FBI and Riverside police investigators gather evidence from the van.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

TSA agent arrested in Riverside

An investigator holds up evidence gathered from van.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

TSA agent arrested in Riverside

A cross found inside the van is carried away from the scene.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

TSA agent arrested in Riverside

Nna Alpha Onuoha, 29, was taken into custody in Riverside before midnight after he allegedly made threats against LAX terminals earlier in the day following his resignation from his post as a screener with the Transporation Security Administration.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

TSA agent arrested in Riverside

An investigator looks at evidence found inside the van.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

TSA agent arrested in Riverside

Leads on Onuoha’s whereabouts led authorities to Harvest Christian Fellowship Church in Riverside, where Riverside police and members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested him.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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