Disneyland Arrest: Disneyland Employee Arrested After Explosion, Held on $1 Million Bail (VIDEO)
A Disneyland arrest has taken place, with an employee being taken into police custody on suspicion of planting a so-called "dry bomb" in a trash can at the theme park where hundreds of families visit every day.
A 22 year old suspect, Christian Barnes of Long Beach, has been arrested, according to Anaheim police Sgt. Bob Dunn on Wednesday.
Detectives have taken Barnes into custody as part of their investigations into the destructive device found at the park, which has shocked Disneyland tourists.
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A small explosion took place on Tuesday at the Disneyland park, with visitors in the Mickey's Toontown left stunned by the incident.
Authorities have said that dry ice was placed inside a bottle and left in one of the trash cans in the Toontown area of the park, and although a small explosion took place fortunately no one was injured.
Barnes was an employee at the park and worked as an outdoor vendor. Police have arrested him and he is now being held on $1 million bail.
The explosion, which was described as a "small bang" by some eye witnesses, occurred around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Anaheim police representative Bob Dunn told CBS.
"It sounded louder than a gunshot," Allen Wolf, who was only 20 feet away from the trash can that exploded, told the Associated Press. "I looked up. Everyone stopped and looked up."
"Just a big boom and the trash can exploding … the lid coming up … people were at a standstill," Vanessa Vasquez, who was at the park with her family, told KCBS. "It was kind of a little scary when I saw the whole area (look like a) ghost town."
"In an abundance of caution, the area was evacuated," Disney officials confirmed, saying they were working with local police and the Orange County bomb squad.
Two hours after the evacuation, visitors were allowed back into the area.
Here is a video news report into the Disneyland explosion incident on Tuesday:
