Explosives Seized From Pair Staying On Oakland Waterfront

OAKLAND, CA — The California Highway Patrol announced the arrest Monday night of two men - father and son Ronald and Jeremy Guy - for having explosives, after two vehicles and their Oakland waterfront hotel room were searched. Hotel guests and staff were evacuated from part of the hotel Monday as the search was underway.

The CHP reports that the investigation began at 4:43 a.m. Sunday when officers assigned to the Castro Valley Office of the CHP tried to stop a Honda CRV that was driven by Jeremy Guy. The younger Guy refused to pull over and led officers on a brief chase. After stopping Guy, they searched his vehicle and found evidence of "explosive making."

That's when the CHP Golden Gate Division Investigative Services Unit was called in, which moved in with search warrants for the hotel room Guy shared with his father, Ronald Guy, at the Homewood Suites by Hilton on the Embarcadero, not far from Jack London Square.

According to a posting by the CHP, "Both Jeremy Guy and Ronald Guy from Riverbank, California were charged with California Penal Code 18710 and 18720 - possessing any destructive device other than fixed ammunition of a caliber greater than .60 caliber within the state of California and control of destructive devices."

The investigation into the men's activities remains active.

The CHP credited Oakland Police,the University of California Police Department, and Berkeley Explosive Ordnance Disposal with helping in the investigation. The California State Police merged into the CHP in 1995.

Riverbank is in Stanislaus County. If Stanislaus County and explosives sound familiar - back in December, a man from nearby Modesto was arrested for an alleged Christmas Day terror plot targeting Pier 39 in San Francisco. According to court documents, the suspect in that case, Everitt Jameson, discussed the possibility of using explosives in the attack. No law enforcement agencies have indicated that the two are connected.

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