Phoenix police identify man with explosive near Alhambra High School as Lamar James Toledo
Lamar James Toledo
Photographer: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
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Posted: 09/27/2012
PHOENIX - Police have identified a man arrested Wednesday with an explosive device near a Phoenix school.
Lamar James Toledo, 50, was arrested in the area of Camelback Road and 39th Avenue after police found he had drugs and a firecracker with a fragment attached to it.
The scene was near Alhambra High School.
Phoenix police Sgt. Trent Crump said an apartment resident called police asking for help with a trespasser and drugs were found on Toledo.
Among his personal belongings police found the explosive device and called for a lockdown at a nearby school.
Toledo was booked into jail on drug and weapon charges.
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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