FBI releases new surveillance video in Pacific Northwest ballot box fires case; $25K reward offered
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Federal authorities are offering a $25,000 reward in connection with October's string of ballot box fires in the Pacific Northwest, of which one fire destroyed hundreds of ballots in Clark County, as they also released new surveillance video in an attempt to find the suspect.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Seattle Field Office announced the reward and released the new video on Wednesday.
The surveillance video shows the Portland incident on Oct. 28, when a white man believed to be about 30 to 40 years old with thinning hair in an early 2003 to 2004 Volvo S-60 dark in color sedan dropped an improvised incendiary device in a Multnomah County ballot box.
Authorities have previously said the suspect, who is also believed to be connected to the Oct. 28 fire in Vancouver and a ballot box fire on Oct. 8, may have some experience with metal work and welding.
Earlier this month, authorities released surveillance video of the Oct. 28 incident in Vancouver, Washington, involving a Clark County ballot box.
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