Aspen, Wild Wild West Town
Jan. 7th, 2009 09:37 pmHats across the west are off to the Aspen Police Department and their handling of a bomber who threatened local banks with homemade gasoline explosives. On New Year's Eve, 72-year-old James Blanning, presented notes to local tellers demanding 60,000 in cash or there would be "mass death" and everyone would "pay a horrible price in blood."
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