A man believed to be the suspect wanted over an explosion outside a Los Angeles-area synagogue last week was arrested in Ohio, reportedly on his way to New York, the FBI said.
Ron Hirsch, described as "extremely dangerous," had boarded a Greyhound bus bound for the east coast last Thursday within hours of the early-morning explosion at the Chabad House synagogue in Santa Monica.
Surveillance video had shown him apparently getting off the bus in Denver, Colorado, although his exact movements after that were not immediately clear.
"An individual believed to be Ron Hirsch... was taken into custody in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Monday evening," said a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
"The individual in custody was arrested following a call to law enforcement by a concerned citizen who had come into contact with man believed to be Hirsch," she said.
Detectives issued a mugshot of the heavily-bearded suspect late Friday, and on Monday released images from surveillance camera footage showing him in Denver, after getting off the east-bound bus.
Hirsch -- who used the aliases Israel Fisher, or J. Fisher -- is believed to have family in New York, said a joint statement earlier by the FBI and Santa Monica Police.
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