In September, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified an individual it wants to question in connection with the explosion of bombs at Chiron Corp. in Emeryville, California.
Bjorn Einertsen, 26 was being sought for questioning after witnesses reported that a 1986 Dodge van with license plates registered to Einertsen was seen leaving the scene after the bombing. Einertsen is only wanted for questioning at the moment, and is not necessarily a suspect in the bombing.
In 2001 Einertsen was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer at a house party in Portland, Oregon.
The FBI initially also sought Sweet Mensoff, 28 and Joni Ruppel, 22. Mensoff contacted the FBI and told the that she had been at a nightclub at the time of the bombing. She apparently was sought for questioning because she had previously allowed Einertsen to use her residence as a mailing address.
Ruppel lives in New York and told ABC New she hadn’t left New York since April of 2003. Like Wesoff, she had in the past allowed Einertsen to use her residence in Oregon as a mailing address last year.
Sources:
Possible Emeryville Bombing Suspect? ABC-7, September 4, 2003.
Bomb suspects still at large Guy Ashley, Contra Costa Times, September 4, 2003.
Portland man wanted in bio-tech bombings. KOIN.Com, September 3, 2003.
Alibi about Chiron said to satisfy FBI. Guy Ashley, Contra Costa Times, September 6, 2003.