KANSAS CITY, Mo.-- Kansas City, Missouri, Police went on alert after nine box-trucks were stolen from two different rental companies over the past week, and they say that this weekend's 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks is giving them reason to be concerned.
In April of 1995, Timothy McVeigh rented a Ryder truck in Kansas, loaded it with explosive materials and detonated the truck in front of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 167 people, including 19 children. It was the deadliest act of terrorism on U.S. soil prior to the 9-11 attacks.
Police say that when the reports of the stolen trucks began, it made them suspicious that the area may be under a possible terror attack.
"You automatically think four or five days before (the anniversary of) one of the worst things that happened in this country, you know what are they going to do," said Sgt. Daniel Graves of the KCPD.
Police say they discovered that the stolen trucks were not intended for terrorist acts, but detectives say the thieves certainly had something illegal in mind.
"It looks like they cut it up probably to scrap it, which is our suspicion that they were doing some scraping," said Sgt. Graves.
Two people have been arrested in connection to the thefts, and police say that more victims may be involved.
While police say the metro isn't under a credible terroist threat, Michael Corwin, the commander of Homeland Security for the KCPD says he would like everyone to be on the look out for suspicious activity.
"If there is a backpack sitting some place where it normally wouldn't be sitting, a box truck sitting some place, a van, whatever it may be, it's about suspicious behavior," said Corwin.
Police say that if you have been the victim of a recent copper theft and recognize any of the vehicles involved, please call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS.
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