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From Niesha Lofing:

Two Citrus Heights schools were briefly locked down this morning while police looked for a man suspected of domestic violence.

Mesa Verde High School and Sylvan Middle School were placed on lockdown at 7:45 a.m. while Citrus Heights police searched for a man in connection with a domestic violence call, police Lt. Ray Bechler said.

Police were called to the neighborhood north of Old Auburn Road about 6:20 a.m. after getting a call of a domestic dispute.

"He was in the back yard of the home and ran to an aunt's house, supposedly," Bechler said.

Police were trying to find the man down and set up a perimeter around the schools.

The lockdowns were lifted at 8:10 a.m. after police determined the man was no longer in the area.

The man has no criminal history but does have a restraining order that needs to be served on him, Bechler said.

Police no longer are actively searching for the man but will follow up on leads with the case, Bechler said.

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Q: What happened to James Richard Black, the young veteran who (was charged with throwing) a pipe bomb into his psychiatrist's office a few years ago?


A: As reported in The Bee, James Richard Black was arrested Aug. 2, 2006 in connection with a June 2, 2006, bombing of a Sacramento doctor's office.

Black was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and using a destructive device. An Army veteran, Black was charged with throwing an explosive device into the waiting room of his psychiatrist's office. The doctor worked with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. No patients were in the waiting room, and neither the doctor nor the office staff was injured.

According to Sacramento Superior Court records, on April 9, 2008, Black was sentenced to three years in state prison.


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