LAS CRUCES CRIMESTOPPERS IS NOW OFFERING A 5 THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON THE SUSPECT IN THE BOMBINGS AT TWO CHURCHES THERE SUNDAY MORNING. EVIDENCE GATHERED AT HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CALVARY CHAPEL IS NOW ON ITS WAY FOR PROFESSIONAL ANALYSIS. DETECTIVES ARE ALSO FOLLOWING UP ON SEVERAL LEADS.
NO ONE WAS HURT WHEN THE EXPLOSIONS WENT OFF ABOUT 20 MINUTES APART SUNDAY … BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY THE IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURY OR DEATH HAD ANYONE BEEN CLOSE TO WHERE THEY DETONATED.
MEANWHILE, THREE UNKNOWN DEVICES CAUSED THE FOUR CORNERS POWER PLANT TO BE EVACUATED MONDAY MORNING. NON-ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL WERE IN THE PLANT AT THE TIME. LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE FBI WERE CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE.
THE 6 INCH-LONG PIPES CAPPED ON BOTH ENDS WERE DISCOVERED AROUND 8AM. BOMB SQUAD OFFICERS REMOVED THEM AND DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE EMPTY AND POSED NO THREAT.
