Reply #11: Family questions treatment of bomb suspect (PA) [View All]

[MrBenchley]

"Upper Moreland Police Chief William Moffett said he understands the anguish of Peter and Janet Rio of Davisville Road but believes his officers acted appropriately in a potentially dangerous situation.
Moffett said Peter Rio, 40, of Manor Road, was armed with a "fully functional stun gun" and a knife, was dressed in a camouflage flak jacket and was arguing with police, ignoring their commands and making statements police considered "threatening."
Before they arrested Rio, Moffet said police had found a loaded shotgun and shotgun shells in Rio's car and had discovered the makings of a pipe bomb.
Rio was arrested at his parent's house on May 18 in connection with an explosion nearly a week earlier. The pipe bomb explosion injured Rio and blew a small hole in the detached garage of a house where he is a tenant on Manor Road, according to court records. A search of the garage revealed exploded pipe bomb materials, according to those records."

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-05252004-305956.html