according to the affidavit, barnes and others involved in the case say floyd stockton was deeply involved in the plot. barnes even telling the fbi on the day of the crime, it was stockton who went into the garage, got the collar bomb, and handed it to rothstein. when he asked then-u.s. attorney for western pennsylvania mary beth buchanan why stockton never testified and was never charged, she initially told us stockton was sick, had suffered several strokes and was unable to travel. after our initial phone call, buchanan never talked to us again. and at a news conference in erie, the current u.s. attorney david hickton wasn t forthcoming either. what about mr. stockton? what can you tell us about his status and will he ever be prosecuted for this? we re not at position to comment on mr. stockton. what did your investigation find? what was his role? there s no question mr. stockton had a role that day.
allowed to go free. according to the affidavit, barnes and others involved in the case say floyd stockton was deeply involved in the plot. barnes even telling the fbi on the day of the crime, it was stockton who went into the garage, got the collar bomb, and handed it to rothstein. when he asked then-u.s. attorney for western pennsylvania mary beth buchanan why stockton never testified and was never charged, she initially told us stockton was sick, had suffered several strokes and was unable to travel. after our initial phone call, buchanan never talked to us again. and at a news conference in erie, the current u.s. attorney david hickton wasn t forthcoming either. what about mr. stockton? what can you tell us about his status and will he ever be prosecuted for this? we re not at position to comment on mr. stockton. what did your investigation find?
of people. the storm even washing up tar balls along the gulf coast. remember those? we saw this actually on the same area beaches after last year s bp oil spill. but we re told by local officials these new balls of tar are much smaller. the company will send survey teams to look. weeks after a man strapped a fake collar bomb to a teen-ager s neck, now in that same city, another young girl caught in another bizarre bomb scare. our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. australia. police saying a father barricaded himself inside a law office in sydney, holding his 12-year-old daughter hostage after telling a receptionist he had a bomb in his backpack. swat teams swarming the building. the man smashing a hole through a window and yelling down at police at one point. after 12 hours of negotiations, armed officers raiding the building, saving the girl and arresting the dad.
court documents reveal how the suspect went about setting his crime in motion. that s right. the teenage victim says she s relieved the ordeal is over. but still has no idea why she was targeted. scott goldberg is joining us this morning with more on this story. scott? good morning, rob and diana. paul peters is in jail in kentucky facing extradition to australia. and new details in court papers are connecting the dots between that collar bomb hoax near sydney and his arrest in suburban louisville. reporter: as paul douglas peters left federal courts in kentucky, reporters asked him if he had anything to say to madeleine pulver. peters is accused of strapping a fake bomb to the 18-year-old s neck in an extortion plot that played out on two continents. mr. peters is an attorney, an investment banker in australia. . reporter: peters is also an australian citizen but the fbi arrested him at his ex-wife s home near louisville, where police say he landed five days after the collar
threatening to throw, project, place or discharge a destructive device, possession of bomb making materials, and also cultivation of marijuana in his room at his house, and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia as well. major newman? good morning. once we were able to identify mr. kano s whereabouts, where he lived and what his relationship was to the new tampa freedom high school area, i notified the supervisor sergeant pryor who works out there, very intimately with that neighborhood, particularly that school. and we verified through our ms system that kano had been on our juvenile check list at one point in 08 and 09. he had been arrested ently in a burglary in which a firearm was stolen and he had some other charges involving possession of marijuana. he was on some sanctions that required us to do juvenile checks which most of you know is consider one of our best practices, constantly going out and checking on our juveniles that may or may not have a sanction