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[quote="Guest"][quote="Guest"]Glad no one was hurt - probably just a lapse in judgement. Hopefully he will just get a hefty fine as "what not to do".[/quote] Really???? He is a scientist ! What if he stopped at Shoprite on the way home and it blew up there? How many people would he have hurt? Lapse of judgement? I think not.[/quote]
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joe the plumber
Posted: Sun, Jul 19 2009, 11:10 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
What a dope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guest
Posted: Sun, Jul 19 2009, 7:53 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
Guest wrote:
To the guest who said something about 'crossing state lines.'
Wrong. There was no 'crossing state lines.' FMC is in Plainsboro, Plainsboro is in NJ, and Cranbury is in NJ as well. Cranbury is adjacent to Plainsboro.
We were Dalbir's friends and close neighbors in Cranbury for 20 years, up until 1998 when we moved to CA. Our children grew up together and went to school together. The Sethis were good people and good friends. The explosion was purely an accident--Dalbir wouldn't knowingly put his own family at risk. Dalbir meant no harm to anyone.
FMC is one of my clients and their Specialty Chemicals group is headquartered in Philadelphia. I do not know if he worked there or in Plainsboro, visited there that day or not. I know absolutely nothing about this case. However, I did want to clarify to this poster that FMC does have a large office in PA on Market Street and it is possible (whether likely or not) that he could have crossed state lines.
Guest
Posted: Sun, Jul 19 2009, 6:36 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
I really don't understand the 'defense' of this person. He could easily have caused injury or worse - what if he was parked near the school or a restaurant in town when there was a lot of pedestrian traffic. The fact of the matter in terms of intent are unclear. However, it appears the removal of the chemicals was unauthorized. Whether gross incompetence, poor judgement, or something else, the behavior was unacceptable. And he apparently lied to the police.
Ok
Posted: Sun, Jul 19 2009, 5:32 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
I'm glad you guys were such good friends...You could have spoke at the families funerals, if this idiot had brought this stuff inside his house. He is a chemist, how could you say he did not intentionally put his family or anyone else in jeopardy. He for one should know what that stuff is capable of.
Guest
Posted: Sun, Jul 19 2009, 12:28 am EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
To the guest who said something about 'crossing state lines.'
Wrong. There was no 'crossing state lines.' FMC is in Plainsboro, Plainsboro is in NJ, and Cranbury is in NJ as well. Cranbury is adjacent to Plainsboro.
We were Dalbir's friends and close neighbors in Cranbury for 20 years, up until 1998 when we moved to CA. Our children grew up together and went to school together. The Sethis were good people and good friends. The explosion was purely an accident--Dalbir wouldn't knowingly put his own family at risk. Dalbir meant no harm to anyone.
Guest
Posted: Wed, Oct 8 2008, 1:08 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
Apparently the guy is smart but not that smart -- if you get caught in this situation you do not lie to police! He probably panicked and made it a much worse situation for himself.
Guest
Posted: Tue, Oct 7 2008, 4:14 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
A previous poster felt "smuggled is such a bad word used in this article. Here is the rest of the article."
I disagree. I highly doubt a major chemical company provides permission to release chemicals from the facility to one's home. Only judging by what I read, it seems this person was also not cooperative with investigators regarding the explosion. I am glad this explosion did not occur around people, such as a store parking lot or, worse, a school.
I'd certainly like to know why this happened.
Guest
Posted: Tue, Oct 7 2008, 4:02 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
Guest wrote:
Guest wrote:
Plus, and I suspect this is why the Feds were involved, chemicals like that are probably very restricted in use and you have to wonder why they were being transported outside his lab in the firdt place...
Feds were involved because it was taken over the state lines from PA to NJ. Plus it was an explosion. However, they left it up to the state of NJ for prosecution.
"He had transported some chemicals from his place of work to his car," Jones said.
Sethi, who holds several patents, works at FMC's Princeton Township facility.
Where does it say he crossed state lines?
Guest
Posted: Tue, Oct 7 2008, 4:01 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
Guest wrote:
Guest wrote:
Plus, and I suspect this is why the Feds were involved, chemicals like that are probably very restricted in use and you have to wonder why they were being transported outside his lab in the firdt place...
Feds were involved because it was taken over the state lines from PA to NJ. Plus it was an explosion. However, they left it up to the state of NJ for prosecution.
When is Plainsboro in Pennsylvania. I don't see where it says he went across state lines...do you?
Guest
Posted: Tue, Oct 7 2008, 3:16 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
Guest wrote:
on Monday that the vehicle's owner was arrested after experts determined the blast was caused by volatile chemicals smuggled home from the corporation where the suspect works as a chemist.
Smuggled is such a bad word used in this article. Here is the rest of the article.
Chemist is charged in probe of Cranbury explosion
by Alex Zdan/The Times
Monday October 06, 2008, 11:07 PM
CRANBURY -- Finally breaking their silence about the investigation into a mysterious explosion that destroyed a car nearly two weeks ago, authorities announced on Monday that the vehicle's owner was arrested after experts determined the blast was caused by volatile chemicals smuggled home from the corporation where the suspect works as a chemist.
Dalbir Sethi, 65, was arrested Friday at his home in the 100 block of Plainsboro Road and charged with causing or risking widespread injury or damage, and also obstructing the administration of law, according to the New Jersey State Police, which made the arrest along with Cranbury police.
Authorities did not reveal Monday what substances Sethi allegedly brought home from his job at chemical company FMC Corp., but said they suspect he might have intended to use them to clean out his household septic system.
Authorities confirmed that their investigation -- which involved members of the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force -- found no connection or suspected connection to terrorism.
It was during the evening of Sept. 25 that Sethi's car, parked in the driveway of his Plainsboro Road home, exploded in a fireball that rocked the neighborhood and frightened neighbors. Luckily, no one was hurt.
"When the car was examined by the arson unit, they realized very quickly this was an explosion, rather than a car fire," Sgt. Stephen Jones, a State Police spokesman, said Monday.
Forensic examination revealed pieces of a container among the debris, he said.
In the days following the explosion, state police, FBI agents and other federal, state and local investigators poured over the blast site and went door-to-door interviewing neighbors. Throughout last week, authorities refused to release information about the explosion and repeated call from The Times went unreturned.
But Monday, Jones announced Sethi's arrest and revealed that investigators had determined the blast was accidentally caused by the substances Sethi had brought home from work.
"He had transported some chemicals from his place of work to his car," Jones said.
Sethi, who holds several patents, works at FMC's Princeton Township facility.
Authorities do not think Sethi intended to sell the chemicals nor had any malicious intent for their use. Instead, Jones said, investigators think he wanted them for their potential application in cleaning his home's septic system.
His apparent mishandling of the substances led to the explosion and prompted authorities to charge him.
"This was a violent explosion," Jones said. "It could have done damage to lives if circumstances were different."
In addition, police say, contradictory statements made by Sethi during the investigation led to the obstruction charge.
Sethi was processed at the state police Cranbury barracks on Friday, then arraigned in Superior Court in Middlesex County where a judge set his bail at $35,000.
Police said Sethi had retained an attorney, but the attorney's name was not readily available and neither the lawyer nor Sethi were available for comment last night.
FMC Corp. was not available late Monday to comment on Sethi's arrest or address whether he had authorization to remove chemicals from work. Authorities do not believe the company was negligent or needs a security overhaul.
"That company is approved to obtain those chemicals and they have internal security measures," Jones said.
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2008/10/chemist_is_charged_in_probe_of.html
Guest
Posted: Tue, Oct 7 2008, 3:11 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
Guest wrote:
Plus, and I suspect this is why the Feds were involved, chemicals like that are probably very restricted in use and you have to wonder why they were being transported outside his lab in the firdt place...
Feds were involved because it was taken over the state lines from PA to NJ. Plus it was an explosion. However, they left it up to the state of NJ for prosecution.
Guest
Posted: Tue, Oct 7 2008, 7:25 am EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
Chemist is charged in probe of Cranbury explosion
by Alex Zdan/The Times
Monday October 06, 2008, 11:07 PM
CRANBURY -- Finally breaking their silence about the investigation into a mysterious explosion that destroyed a car nearly two weeks ago, authorities announced on Monday that the vehicle's owner was arrested after experts determined the blast was caused by volatile chemicals smuggled home from the corporation where the suspect works as a chemist.
(Read earlier story "Mystery surrounds Cranbury car explosion")
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2008/10/chemist_is_charged_in_probe_of.html
Guest
Posted: Mon, Oct 6 2008, 10:15 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
Plus, and I suspect this is why the Feds were involved, chemicals like that are probably very restricted in use and you have to wonder why they were being transported outside his lab in the firdt place...
Guest
Posted: Mon, Oct 6 2008, 9:29 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
Guest wrote:
Glad no one was hurt - probably just a lapse in judgement. Hopefully he will just get a hefty fine as "what not to do".
Really???? He is a scientist ! What if he stopped at Shoprite on the way home and it blew up there? How many people would he have hurt? Lapse of judgement? I think not.
Guest
Posted: Mon, Oct 6 2008, 8:16 pm EDT
Post subject: Re: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
Glad no one was hurt - probably just a lapse in judgement. Hopefully he will just get a hefty fine as "what not to do".
Guest
Posted: Mon, Oct 6 2008, 7:56 pm EDT
Post subject: Man charged with Plainsboro Rd. Car fire
A Cranbury man was charged Friday with improperly storing chemicals in his car, allegedly causing it to explode in his driveway.
Dalbir Sethi, 65, of Plainsboro Road, was charged by the New Jersey State Police with one count of causing or risking wide-spread injury or damage and one count of obstructing the administration of law, said Sgt. Julian Castellanos, spokesman for the state police.
Full article can be found at:
http://www.packetonline.com/articles/2008/10/06/cranbury_press/news/doc48ea95df99292532812575.txt