FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Paul Bilodeau parked at a Publix in Oakland Park last Thursday and couldn't help but notice the van that parked next to him _ an old white van covered in Trump stickers. He couldn't help noticing the driver either.
"He had been foraging through his car," Bilodeau said, "and I thought he looked like a shooter _ like somebody who was gonna shoot up a store."
Bilodeau kept an eye on Cesar Sayoc, who was arrested eight days later after an investigation into nationwide bomb threats, before deciding he couldn't have a gun on him.
"He was wearing gym clothes, but, like too small," Bilodeau said in explaining why he didn't believe Cesar Sayoc could be armed.
Bilodeau snapped pictures of the van, and afterward saw that Sayoc had gone into Publix to buy lottery tickets. The Friday Mega Millions jackpot was nearly a billion dollars, after all.
Sayoc was taken into custody Friday morning at an AutoZone in Plantation, capping an investigation into an unprecedented series of attempted bomb attacks on leading Democratic and media figures launched two weeks before the midterm elections.
