The FBI announced Tuesday that it has received "credible intelligence" that FBI Most Wanted Terrorist fugitive Daniel Andreas San Diego may be hiding on Hawaii's Big Island, according to the Associated Press.
He is wanted for his alleged involvement in three homemade pipe bombs that were detonated in the East Bay more than a decade ago, according to the AP.
Animal rights activist San Diego, the first domestic fugitive added to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list, was born in Berkeley, the AP reported. San Diego, 36, is a former resident of Schellville in Sonoma County.
On Aug. 28, 2003, two bombs exploded approximately one hour apart on the campus of Chiron Corp., a biotechnology corporation in Emeryville, California. Then, on Sept. 26, 2003, one bomb strapped with nails exploded at Shaklee Corp., a nutritional products corporation in Pleasanton, California, according to the AP.
His motive in both bombings appears tied to his association with animal rights extremist groups that targeted the two companies claiming they participated in cruel experiments on animals, according to FBI officials, the AP reported.
San Diego was last seen in the Bay Area in October 2003 and was indicted on felony charges in the bombings in U.S. District Court in San Francisco in July 2004, the FBI reported, according to the AP.
According to FBI spokesperson Tom Simon in Honolulu, agents from the Honolulu and San Francisco FBI offices are canvassing specific communities, including Puna and Pahoa, looking for information about his whereabouts, the AP reported.
In the past, San Diego has worked as a computer network specialist and with the operating system LINUX, according to the AP. The FBI thinks he may be using these skills as a form of income.
The FBI is offering a reward of $250,000 for information leading to the capture of San Diego, the AP reported. Anyone with any information on San Diego should contact their local FBI office.
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