Man Charged in Liberty Memorial Explosives Case Arrested March 3 on Independence Boulevard

Northeast News Staff

A man now charged with leaving explosive devices near the Liberty Memorial was arrested Wednesday afternoon in a parking lot on Independence Boulevard — an arrest witnessed firsthand by staff members at the Northeast News.

Authorities later confirmed the suspect as Owen I. Canizales Argueta, 22, who prosecutors say placed a bag containing multiple homemade explosive devices in a trash can on the grounds of the National World War I Museum and Memorial last month…

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