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April 24, 2012, 9:17am Report to Moderator
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Police say explosive devices thrown at Rotterdam home; 3 face arson charges after stake-out; press conference set

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ROTTERDAM — Police staked out a house after vandals repeatedly threw explosives at it, and finally arrested two suspects Sunday night.

Officers said vandals first struck on March 5, when they damaged siding at an East Claremont house with a screwdriver. They caused hundreds of dollars in damage.

Six days later, the vandals came back and detonated a device on a truck parked at the house, causing more than $11,000 in damage, police said.

On March 17, just five days after the second attack, vandals threw an explosive through the front bedroom window as the homeowner slept. The explosion caused thousands of dollars in damage, police said.

A week later, an explosive was thrown on the roof on the house, causing more damage. At that point, Rotterdam police began a stake-out with the help of the state police special operations unit and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

Vandals didn’t strike again for almost a month. But on Sunday night, police said a car drove by and a man threw an explosive device onto the house roof.

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OVER A WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


JACK OFFS!!!


"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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I'm sure their parents are very proud......................and if asked I'm sure they'll say that they're "good kids" just "misunderstood"..................morons!!
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Just so you know who the 3 are, in case they're in your neighborhood...

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They said Michael Chambers, 33, of Draper Avenue in Rotterdam, threw the explosive. They said his girlfriend, Amy Brzoza, 31, of Kellar Avenue in Rotterdam, drove the car.


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On Monday, police also arrested Larry Ahrens, 33, of Amsterdam Avenue in Rotterdam. He was charged with the same three counts of felony arson.


All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law... I think that's what they say on Cops, so I guess it applies here, too.


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Unfortunately, this happens everyday all over the USA.....if you want to get rid of someone or something....just destroy it or kill it...

this is the mindset of not just young adults....but older folks too.....rents..

When will the morals and decency be back in society...like it was in years past.....there is no respect anymore...

and it involves our leaders .....from top to bottom too.....no role models anywhere......and parents turn a blind to so much ..
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The suspects are parents-they have an infant child! Thought that this only happened at the City School District. Any relation to The Mad Bomber?
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It's rare to see people with this kind of ambition and motivation now a days. /sic


I don't spell check!  Sorry...
If you include "No offense" in a statement, chances are, your statement is offensive.
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Quoted from Vaedur
It's rare to see people with this kind of ambition and motivation now a days. /sic

Lol!

The story is called them vandals. These were targeted attacks against a certain individual.
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Police: Jilted lover's revenge was explosive

ROTTERDAM — Larry Ahrens did not like his ex-girlfriend's new beau.

So he paid another man $100 each time to throw an explosive device at the new boyfriend's house.

Police described that scenario Tuesday as they explained their seven-week investigation into the jilted lover's bid for revenge.

Authorities said the case was solved late Sunday night after town Police Chief James Hamilton pulled his vehicle in front of the one occupied by Michael D. Chambers after Chambers hurled an explosive at the home.

Police held a news conference detailing the arrests of Ahrens, Chambers and Chamber's girlfriend, Amy L. Brzoza, who was allegedly driving the vehicle.

The victim, whose name is not being released by police, had five incidents occur at his home, which is on a small, well-manicured lot in a neighborhood off High Bridge Road. The first attack occurred March 5 when a screwdriver was used to damage the home's siding.

But then, police said, the suspects ramped up the damage, blowing up the windshield on the victim's truck on March 11, and then throwing explosive devices at the home on March 17 and March 24.

Rotterdam police, working with the State Police, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Schenectady County District Attorney's office, watched the house 24 hours a day for three weeks, until the suspects returned Sunday night.

At 11:30 p.m., Chambers leaned out a car window and threw another explosive at the house, the homemade device detonating on the roof, police said. Hamilton, who was watching the house along with other officers, tried to use the vehicle he was in to block Chambers and Brzoza from escaping on nearby Sherman Street, police said. But police said the pair hit Hamilton's vehicle and that of a trooper, who suffered a shoulder injury in the crash.

Chambers, 33, and Brzoza, 31, were taken into custody after the crashes. Ahrens, 33, was stopped by police Monday morning on Crane Street. The three suspects were charged with first- and third-degree arson.

At Tuesday's news conference, Hamilton said other suspects could face arrest for throwing explosives on other occasions. Also, police are investigating a fencing operation at a garage on Crane Street in Schenectady where Chambers and Ahrens allegedly met. Chambers was released from state prison in 2007 after serving a maximum three years on a grand larceny conviction. Chambers and Brzoza became parents to a daughter in August.

The suspects were arraigned and remained to the Schenectady County Jail without bail. A grand jury might return a decision on the charges before they are scheduled for another town court appearance Friday.

The victim, who police described as in his 40s, had stopped living in his own home shortly after the windshield incident. No one was injured in the explosions, but windows in the home were shattered and siding was ripped off.

"In all the years I've ever been here, this is the most exhaustive investigation I've ever done," said Hamilton, though he would not elaborate on what other kinds of surveillance police used to make the arrests.

The explosive devices used were similar to those made by former Schenectady city school district facility supervisor Steven Raucci, who is serving 23 ½ years in state prison for placing the devices at the homes of his perceived enemies.

But Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney said there are no connections between these suspects and Raucci. They just happened to use the same device, a homemade container that used compressed flash power and a fuse.

"These devices are common," Carney said. "I think it was just a guy intent on wreaking some havoc and he thought he could isolate himself by getting people to do the dirty work for him."

At the East Claremont house Tuesday, the victim opened his front door a crack and said "I would like to decline comment please, out of respect to my family." The house still has siding missing near the front window, and a board is placed where a window should be upstairs.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/loca.....87.php#ixzz1szmjBIns


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They didn't release the victim's name. They plastered a photo of his house in the paper though.  There are only 7 homes on East Claremont. They might as well have posted his name.

http://neighbors.whitepages.co.....mont&where=12306


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Also, police are investigating a fencing operation at a garage on Crane Street in Schenectady where Chambers and Ahrens allegedly met.


Continuing proof of the renaissance blooming in DVOR's old hood'


"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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I would like to take a moment to THANK the Chief of Police for putting himself into the path of deranged individuals who were armed with weapons of mass destruction..  We have a TRUE hero in the role as chief -- and EVERY officer on that force not only loves and respects him - but looks UP to him as one of the finest First Responders in the Nation.


"We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society."
---Angela Davis



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whew....thanks alias...needed that


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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WMDs

I saw Harry say the same thing on the boob tube. Glad Ron got the memo


"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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The police did a great job....no doubt......but to have a former cop...do kudoes and more kudoes.....was repetitive...

AND......the facial expressions that play into the mood of the TB meetings is comical.....smirks....whispering.....bored acting....is a dead giveaway of

what is really going on behind closed doors......especially when RG speaks and asks questions....Calder tries to shut him up by saying we discussed this

in Agenda meetings....the public has a right to know.....this Regime is run by ex cops....and now that they are retired...they should come down off their

high horse (or chair) and become ordinary out of respect for their office and represent the residents of the Town..but ego and personal agenda

is foremost in their heads....what a shame to run a government...
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