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nvestigators arrested a California train engineer Tuesday after he allegedly derailed a train in a bid to crash into the USNS Mercy, the hospital ship treating non-COVID-19 patients at the Port of Los Angeles to lessen the burden on area hospitals, prosecutors said.
Eduardo Moreno, 44, was expected to appear in court Wednesday for arraignment on train wrecking charges.
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Around 1 p.m. Tuesday, Moreno allegedly ran the train at full speed off the end of the tracks near the Navy medical boat, smashing through several concrete and chain barriers, before sliding through a parking lot nearly 250 yards from the Mercy, according to the criminal complaint.
No one was injured and the boat wasn't damaged, however, the train leaked a substantial amount of fuel, the complaint said.
A California Highway Patrol officer caught Moreno as he allegedly tried to escape from the scene, according to the complaint. Moreno allegedly told officers and FBI investigators that he deliberately derailed the train because he was suspicious of the Mercy's intentions and thought it was actually part of a government takeover, the complaint said.
"Moreno stated that he acted alone and had not pre-planned the attempted attack," according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Central District of California. "While admitting to intentionally derailing and crashing the train, he said he knew it would bring media attention and 'people could see for themselves,' referring to the Mercy."
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In an interview with FBI agents, Moreno stated that "he did it out of the desire to ‘wake people up,’" according to the complaint.
Investigators are still reviewing surveillance footage from the scene, including inside the locomotive.
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Ozzy Osborne could write a song about this. .
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Hopefully this is why fubarski isn’t posting tonight...
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The Rioja kicked his ass last night.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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Broncos are officially the worst team in the nation this year.
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Just shoot that sumbich now. A Kommiefornia grand jury will see him as a hero and no-bill him.
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Nah, don’t shoot him. Give him another train in Sacramento and tell him the Gubner wants to diddle his son.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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How do you aim a train at a ship?
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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Not seeing the TDS connection. Just a whack job.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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It might have worked if he was driving a Bullet Train!
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