the anonymous third party something like: "They have taken my job, they have
taken my life. I have nothing to lose. I don't have anything to lose. I'll take
my guns and go to San Onofre and whack a bunch of people."
The sheriff's department arrested Reza at his Laguna Niguel home in the 24000
block of Via Verde after the plant security manager relayed the alleged threats
to authorities.
After securing search warrants, deputies found 54 firearms, including assault
weapons, in the suspect's home, sheriff's department officials said.
They also searched Capistrano Properties Self Storage at 26382 Calle Rolando in
San Juan Capistrano early yesterday and found more than 200 additional weapons
-- also including illegal firearms -- belonging to the suspect, and nearly 5,000
rounds of ammunition, according to the department.
Among the firearms were M-16s, an AR-15 assault rifle, four inert grenades, but
with powder to make them active, a used, light anti-tank rocket launcher and
brass knuckles, according to authorities.
Two deputies conducting the storage facility search got sick from CS powder they
inhaled when they opened an ammunition box. They were treated at Mission
Hospital Regional Medical Center in Mission Viejo and released.
Reza began working at the plant in 1984 and had unescorted access to the nuclear
portion of the plant. He was fired in 1995 for unspecified reasons, Golden said.
Reza was reinstated three years later, but worked in a paint shop about three or
four miles from the nuclear area of the plant while waiting to reacquire
clearances that would allow him unescorted access to the nuclear reactor area,
Golden said.
Reza had to undergo FBI, psychological testing and provide references to be
checked, Golden said.
He did not pass the requirements, but could have continued working in the paint
shop, Golden said. But "there were other employment issues" and Reza was fired
last month, Golden said.
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