3 Arrested in Bombing at Construction Site
Three teen-agers arrested in a recent bombing of construction equipment in Porter Ranch were engaged in vandalism and were not protesting a proposed $2-billion development in the area, Los Angeles police announced Monday.
The three suspects, whose names and ages were not released, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of exploding “an improvised device,” police said. The incident occurred Dec. 20 when a small explosion damaged a front-loader parked at the construction site on Sesnon Boulevard.
A second incident, in which an unexploded bomb was found near another construction site in the area, remains under investigation, police said.
Police declined to say what led them to the suspects, who live in the area. Detectives said they found no evidence linking the incident to the proposed 1,300-acre Porter Ranch development being considered by the Los Angeles City Council.
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