Transcript for Man held in suspected mail-bomb case to be transferred to New York
Baldwin will go to court at the end of the month to respond. Thank you. And remarkable video of the man accused of sending 16 pipe bombs in the mail to Democrats and supporters. Police had been called about a suspicious van with a man sleeping inside. Victor Oquendo with the video tonight, and the scene just today from court. He’s in Miami tonight. It’s a white van, one person’s inside. Reporter: Tonight, new body cam footage of boca raton police as they check out a white van in an L.A. Fitness parking lot. The man inside, serial mail bomb suspect Cesar sayoc. Hey, you all right, buddy? Yes, sir. Listen, someone had called and they were concerned about you. I just got done working up at the ultra nightclub. Reporter: The officers are there because it looked like sayoc was asleep in the driver’s seat. Yeah, I just got done. I mean, it was a long night. How do you like working at ultra, man? Oh, I love it. I’ve been, you know, in the gentlemen’s club for — You D.J. Over there? D.J., and I work as the front door. Reporter: One officer noticing his van is covered in political stickers. I guess you’re a trump supporter, is that what it is? Yes, sir. Okay. Reporter: The encounter was on September 1st, nearly two months before sayoc was arrested for allegedly mailing 16 packages containing ieds to prominent critics of president trump who have also been criticized by him. That same white van, where authorities believe he may have made the bombs, covered and towed away on the day of his arrest. Can you run a 29 pdl check. It’s gonna be a on a white male. Reporter: After checking sayoc’s I.D., the officers send him on his way. Come see me, I’m Cesar. Cesar, yeah, man. You’re a good guy. Yeah, you guys come down anytime. Yeah, and don’t kill yourself like that, man. Like, you got to sleep — make sure you’re sleeping, dude, you know. Reporter: Sayoc appeared in the federal court in Miami today. None of those packages exploded, but if convicted, he could face nearly 50 years in prison. Victor, thank you. We turn to the scare for
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