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Criminal complaint: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23937421-baluchi https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23937421-baluchi

by junar 3y ago

slowmovintarget 3y ago
> USCG officers then approached BALUCHI and the Vessel in a USCG small boat. USCG officers informed BALUCHI that he needed to disembark the Vessel onto their small boat since they were terminating his voyage due to it being manifestly unsafe. BALUCHI replied that he was armed with a 12-inch knife and would attempt to commit suicide should the USCG officers attempt to remove him from the Vessel. The USCG officers then returned to the USCG Cutter VALIANT, which remained on scene. ... > On or about August 27, 2023, the USCG Cutter VALIANT continued to make efforts to disembark BALUCHI utilizing their small boat. However, BALUCHI displayed two knives and threatened to hurt himself if officers boarded the Vessel. Moreover, BALUCHI threatened to blow himself up, along with the Vessel. USCG officers believed this to be a valid threat, as they observed BALUCHI holding wires in his hand. USCG officers contacted the U.S. Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit at Kings Bay, Georgia to determine blast and fragmentation radius of the alleged bomb. > On or about August 28, 2023, the USCG Cutter CAMPBELL arrived on scene with the USCG Cutter VALIANT to provide support. The USCG Cutter CAMPBELL launched a small boat to attempt to deliver food, water, and predictions of the incoming hurricane to BALUCHI. USCG officers again ordered BALUCHI off the Vessel, but he again refused. It was then that BALUCHI informed the USCG officers that the bomb was not real. The complaint goes on. The Coast Guard spent a week on this guy. Seems like he wasn't obeying the rules and earned his arrest at a minimum. All of this while a hurricane was on its way.
smegsicle 3y ago
what's that redacted section for?
zingababba 3y ago
Funny, some crazy guy's perfectly fine hamster wheel vessel gets deemed manifestly unsafe however an eccentric entrepreneur's million dollar submarine ends up crumpling up some billionaires.
- red-iron-pine 3y ago
  the hamster wheel was manifestly and plainly unsafe. it was a terrible idea and the guy was crazy, to include threatening the coast guard with a bomb and/or stabbing and/or suicide. the imploded submarine was consistently told it was unsafe, but also had managed to make several successful dives. it did have failsafes, albeit woefully ineffective, and a crew on a ship hanging out above. they had real operational plans and experience, they just cut corners on everything and eventually it went bad.

Criminal complaint: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23937421-baluchi https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23937421-baluchi

by junar 3y ago

Criminal complaint: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23937421-baluchi https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23937421-baluchi

slowmovintarget 3y ago

> USCG officers then approached BALUCHI and the Vessel in a USCG small boat. USCG officers informed BALUCHI that he needed to disembark the Vessel onto their small boat since they were terminating his voyage due to it being manifestly unsafe. BALUCHI replied that he was armed with a 12-inch knife and would attempt to commit suicide should the USCG officers attempt to remove him from the Vessel. The USCG officers then returned to the USCG Cutter VALIANT, which remained on scene. ... > On or about August 27, 2023, the USCG Cutter VALIANT continued to make efforts to disembark BALUCHI utilizing their small boat. However, BALUCHI displayed two knives and threatened to hurt himself if officers boarded the Vessel. Moreover, BALUCHI threatened to blow himself up, along with the Vessel. USCG officers believed this to be a valid threat, as they observed BALUCHI holding wires in his hand. USCG officers contacted the U.S. Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit at Kings Bay, Georgia to determine blast and fragmentation radius of the alleged bomb. > On or about August 28, 2023, the USCG Cutter CAMPBELL arrived on scene with the USCG Cutter VALIANT to provide support. The USCG Cutter CAMPBELL launched a small boat to attempt to deliver food, water, and predictions of the incoming hurricane to BALUCHI. USCG officers again ordered BALUCHI off the Vessel, but he again refused. It was then that BALUCHI informed the USCG officers that the bomb was not real. The complaint goes on. The Coast Guard spent a week on this guy. Seems like he wasn't obeying the rules and earned his arrest at a minimum. All of this while a hurricane was on its way.

smegsicle 3y ago

what's that redacted section for?

zingababba 3y ago

Funny, some crazy guy's perfectly fine hamster wheel vessel gets deemed manifestly unsafe however an eccentric entrepreneur's million dollar submarine ends up crumpling up some billionaires.

red-iron-pine 3y ago
the hamster wheel was manifestly and plainly unsafe. it was a terrible idea and the guy was crazy, to include threatening the coast guard with a bomb and/or stabbing and/or suicide. the imploded submarine was consistently told it was unsafe, but also had managed to make several successful dives. it did have failsafes, albeit woefully ineffective, and a crew on a ship hanging out above. they had real operational plans and experience, they just cut corners on everything and eventually it went bad.