US EditionDriver throws live grenade out of window during CHP car chase
- On Friday at approximately 3:30 p.m., California Highway Patrol officers in Oakland attempted to stop a stolen car around the intersection of 38th Street and Cerritos Avenue, but the person driving did not comply and led them on a pursuit that continued into Berkeley.
- The driver, later identified as 28-year-old Carlos Kuceja from Berkeley, threw a bag onto Martin Luther King Jr. Way near Rose Street, prompting a police stop of an uninvolved CHP officer.
- The bag appeared to contain a live grenade, causing street closures, evacuations, and a two-block continued flight before Kuceja exited the vehicle, tried to run, and then surrendered.
- CHP confirmed the grenade was live and capable of explosion, while the vehicle contained no explosives; law enforcement including FBI and UC Police served a search warrant at Kuceja's home for additional devices.
- Kuceja was taken into custody and booked at the Alameda County Jail facing charges that include possession of an explosive device, evading law enforcement, possession of a stolen vehicle, among others.
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California Police Chase Turns Chaotic as Driver Throws Live Grenade From Stolen Car - Miamistandard News
At the end of a car chase on Friday, police caught a man in California for throwing a live hand grenade from a stolen car, which was a very strange thing for him to do. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) Golden Gate Division says the grenade was in a bag with part of the pin taken out when it was thrown out the window of the car that was speeding away. A post on the CHP – Golden Gate Division’s Facebook page says that the crime happened on Frid…
New York Post
DNyuzSuspected car thief hurls live grenade at Calif. cops during wild car chase
California Highway Patrol officers narrowly avoided catastrophe Friday when the suspect, Carlos Kuceja, 28, hurled the explosive device at them in an effort to avoid capture while driving through Berkeley.
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A Ukiah man arrested recently for allegedly starting a fire by detonating an explosive device in a shopping cart is believed responsible for creating the bomb found on Talmage Road last week, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office reported. According to the MCSO, deputies responded to the 8600 block of North State Street in Redwood Valley around noon May 1 to investigate a report of an explosive device being detonated. The MCSO reports that “Redw…
Driver throws live grenade out of window during CHP car chase
By Jose Fabian Click here for updates on this story BERKELEY, California (KPIX) — A Berkeley man allegedly threw a live grenade out of a car window while fleeing from California Highway Patrol officers on Friday, the CHP said Saturday. Sgt. Andrew Barclay said that around 3:30 p.m., CHP officers assigned to Oakland tried to pull over the driver of a stolen vehicle near 38th Street and Cerritos Avenue. The driver refused to stop, led them on …
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