Police: Man brought explosives into Long Island hospital
Source: Associated Press
Updated 1:59 pm CDT, Thursday, June 11, 2020
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — A man dressed in tactical gear brought explosives into a Long Island hospital while accompanying his ailing partner to the emergency room, leading to a partial evacuation of the facility, police said Thursday.
Robert Roden, 33, was arrested on weapons and drug charges after police said he walked into Stony Brook University Hospital Tuesday night with a backpack later found to contain three explosive devices and a vest holding several magazines of gun ammunition.
An off-duty New York City police detective dropping his father off at the hospital noticed Roden in his strange getup arguing with a hospital worker and alerted a security guard, who called campus police.
Officers found a “suspicious package” in Roden's backpack and took him into custody, police said. Along with the explosive devices — each about the size of a grenade with a fuse — Roden also had a hatchet, handcuffs and a BB gun, police said.
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