Gas Explosion Attempt in Jersey City

[Pablo M 201]

Cops Charge Building Owner in Gas Bomb Attempt in Jersey City

 

Several Buildings Evacuated on Palisade Avenue

 

By Kathy Carvajal

 

MYFOXNY.COM - Jersey City police have arrested a landlord with rigging a gas-bomb to try to blow up his own building and trying to blame it on his tenant. The explosion could have destroyed a neighborhood, fire officials said. Investigators found a gasoline can with an ignition device wired into it on Monday morning at 451 Palisade Avenue.

 

Milan Bolich Jr., 54, has been charged with attempted aggravated arson, risking widespread injury, and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, according to officials.

 

Police said they found a gas line turned on, which could have left to a larger explosion.

 

The bomb would have gone off had the front door been opened, police officials told the Associated Press.

 

"It was fortuitous that no one went into the front door," said Deputy Chief Peter Nalbach. "If they did probably that building and any building on either side of it and all the people in it would be memories by now."

 

The three-story building near Griffith Street was emitting a heavy gas odor at around 6 a.m. Several apartment buildings were evacuated a shortly after.

 

Jersey City Deputy Police Chief Peter Nalbach said that investigators were focusing on a man who once rented the ground-floor pizzeria where the crude bomb was found. Two suspects were being interviewed and arrests were likely, said Nalbach.

 

Police said the man who had rented the pizzeria may have had a legal dispute with the building's owner. Police said Bolich tried to blame the owner of the pizzeria.

 

Palisade Avenue was closed in both directions through the area while PSE&G crews shut off the gas line. Bomb squad members and arson investigators were called to the scene.

 

SkyFoxHD was over the area as firefighters safeguarded the building from the rooftop.

 

There were no reports of injuries.

 

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_jersey/gas-leak-in-jersey-city-20100517-kc

 

 

This is crazy, dude could've cleared that whole area.

[Grand Concourse]

That's f'ing crazy, and this is just a psychotic landlord. Imagine if the person was a terrorist?

[Pablo M 201]

That's f'ing crazy, and this is just a psychotic landlord. Imagine if the person was a terrorist?

I know right. And to think, all it would've taken was for somebody to open the front door.

[LRG]

Unbelievable, the things people will do to go out of their own way to put the hurt on someone else. Absolutely disturbing :tdown:

[D.J.]

A wise man on another forum once said

just people cant change em

A sad and disgusting truth....

[St Louis Car 09]

Cops Charge Building Owner in Gas Bomb Attempt in Jersey City

 

Several Buildings Evacuated on Palisade Avenue

 

By Kathy Carvajal

 

 

 

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_jersey/gas-leak-in-jersey-city-20100517-kc

 

 

This is crazy, dude could've cleared that whole area.

No charge of terrorism on this dude.Again if this dude was of middle eastern descent,that charge would have benn thrown on him quick.SMH.

[EE Broadway Local]

I'm happy the explosion didn't happen. :eek:

[MTR Admiralty]

No charge of terrorism on this dude.Again if this dude was of middle eastern descent,that charge would have benn thrown on him quick.SMH.

While there is no charge of terrorism. Anybody could be a terrorist. Being a terrorist does not mean you're necessarily Moslem.

[theaveragejoe]

thank god no one got hurt of killed if that thing went off