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ENCOUNTER THAT DID NOT SIT WELL WITH THE TROOP WE WERE. THIS DASH CAM SHOWS THE TROOPER TALKING TO KYLE LONG. THEY WERE WAITING FOR IT TO BE TOWED AFTER IT WENT INTO A DITCH OFF OF INTERSTATE 80. THEY CAME INTO CONTACT OFF OF ADAIR EXIT. HE EXPLAINED HE WAS DRIVING 3,300 MILES FROM MAINE TO CALIFORNIA TO MEET WITH GOOGLE EXECUTIVES. >> WHERE IS YOUR LUGGAGE AND STUFF? >> THIS IS IT. >> THINGS WERE NOT ADDING UP FOR THE TROOPER. >> IT IS ONE OF THE FEELINGS WHERE THE TROOPER SAID THINGS ARE NOT RIGHT. >> THE TROOPER CALLED MOUNTAIN VIEW POLICE IN CALIFORNIA TO WARN THEM LONG WAS COMING. >> I THINK THE COUPLE MINUTE PHONE CALL TURNED INTO A SIX-HOUR PHONE CALL. >> LONG MADE THREATS TO OTHERS THAT HE WAS GOING TO HARM GOOGLE EMPLOYEES FOR TAKING DOWN HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL. BECAUSE OF THE HEADS UP FROM THE IOWA STATE TROOPER, CALIFORNIA POLICE INTERCEPTED HIM AND MADE THE ARREST. >> THEY GOT THIS GUY AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED. >> THEY FOUND THREE BASEBALL BATS IN LONG'S CAR AND DIRECTIONS TO THE GOOGLE HARLS. H -- HEADQUARTERS. HE IS BEHIND BARS AND IT IS A NATIONAL STORY WITH NEWS OUTLET CALLING THE IOWA STATE PATROL. >> NEW YORK TIMES, NBC NEW YORK. >> WHO KNOW WHAT IS COULD HAVE HAPPENED

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An Iowa State Patrol trooper is being hailed a hero after he stopped a possible threat at Google headquarters in California.Kyle Long, 30, is charged with making threats to harm employees at the Google headquarters.Authorities said Long was driving across the country from Maine to California when he stopped in Adair and encountered Iowa State Trooper Ryan Zenor.Dash cam video from March 8 shows Long speaking with Zenor in his squad car while waiting for Long's car to be towed out of a ditch of Interstate 80.Long explained to Zenor that he was driving California to meet with Google executives. “I am going there to talk to them,” Long said in the dash cam video. “I am starting an idea and trying to pitch it.”Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Nathan Ludwig said things didn’t add up for Zenor. “It's one of those feelings where the trooper said something is just not right,” Ludwig said.After the brief encounter, Zenor called Mountain View police in California to warn them that Long was coming. “I think that couple minute phone call turned into about a 6-hour phone call out there in California,” Ludwig said. “The good thing is he was arrested, and the trooper did his good work.”According to authorities, Long had made threats to others that he was going to harm Google employees for taking down his YouTube Channel.Ludwig said California police were able to intercept Long and arrest him before he made it to Google headquarters thanks to Zenor’s warning.“I can't say enough that they got this guy and nothing bad happened,” Ludwig said.Police in California said they found three baseball bats in Long's car and directions to the Google headquarters. Ludwig said Long is behind bars on a $25,000 bond and news outlets across the country are calling the Iowa State Patrol to hear the story.The Iowa State Patrol said Long vandalized a Kum and Go bathroom in Adair, but the convenience store owners did not want to press charges.