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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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In Portland, Ore., 26-year-old Glenn Colgan tried to extort $10,000 from Fred Meyer, Inc. by threatening a store bombing. Police foiled the plot with a dummy package containing glowing chemicals, leading to his confession after his hands lit up during questioning. (187 characters)
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Glenn Colgan, 26, who said he needed the money because he was sick and out of work, admitted yesterday trying to extort $10,000, police reported.
He was trapped by chemicals which had been placed on a dummy package, Chief of Police James Purcell said. These chemicals glow under a special light. Colgan admitted the extortion attempt when his hands glowed in the test, Purcell said.
Purcell, quoted him as saying he telephoned the offices of Fred Meyer, Inc., a grocery and variety chain. Monday threatening that one of the stores would be bombed unless $10,000 was left in a package at a suburban street intersection.
A package filled with cut paper was left as directed. Somehow Colgan managed to pick it up and get through a line of police who had surrounded the area, Purcell reported.
Colgan, fearing one of the police had seen him at the scene, walked into the police station yesterday, hoping he could explain away his presence in the area. Purcell said.
He quoted Colgan as saying his car had run out of gas.
But after six hours of questioning, Colgan broke down and admitted he had telephoned the extortion demand, picked up the package and burned the contents when he found it was only paper, Purcell said.
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Monday
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Glenn Colgan attempted to extort $10,000 from Fred Meyer, Inc. by threatening to bomb a store unless the money was left in a package at a suburban intersection. Police left a dummy package with glowing chemicals, which Colgan picked up undetected initially. Fearing detection, he went to the police station claiming his car ran out of gas, but after questioning, confessed to the extortion attempt when his hands glowed under a special light.