Fearing Mountain View-based Google was tracking him, a man stands accused of attacking street-view cars with Molotov cocktails and shooting up the advertising company's headquarters. So reports the Associated Press, which notes that police arrested the man early Thursday morning while he on the Google campus.
According to the Mercury News, 30-year-old Raul Murillo Diaz of Oakland was arrested following a traffic stop, and upon investigation police discovered the makings of a pipe bomb in his car. The paper reports Diaz told investigators that "he felt Google was watching him and that made him upset," and that he documented in journals when the company was tracking him.
Three similar incidents of attack on the Google campus or property have been documented in total, although investigators have yet to say whether or not they believe Diaz to be responsible for all of them. Diaz has been charged with one count of arson in a May 19 case that left a street-view car with minor damage. A second incident occurred on the evening of June 4 when after reports of shooting, police discovered bullet holes in the Google campus.
In both cases, security video shows the same SUV was present.
On June 10, a man was spotted by cameras wearing a hoodie and carrying a squirt gun which police say may have been filed with gasoline. Shortly thereafter a street-view car was discovered burning.
Google, meanwhile, just announced a new plan to use information from all of your various accounts to show you ads across the entire internet.
Previously: 'Incendiary Devices' On Google Campus Damage Street View Car And Building