Man who set off explosive device Alabama Attorney General’s Office sentenced to 9 years in prison

An Irondale man who pleaded guilty to setting off an explosive device outside the Alabama Attorney General’s Office earlier this year has been sentenced to nearly a decade in prison.

Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 27, was sentenced to 108 months in prison after pleading guilty to malicious use of an explosive back in August. Originally, Calvert had planned to plead not guilty in the case, but subsequently pleaded guilty and accepting his prison term without the possibility of parole.

“Kyle Calvert attacked the Alabama Attorney General’s Office with a shrapnel-filled explosive and then fled the scene, but this sentence ensures he will not escape accountability for his crime,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement. “Acts of violence like this one against our public institutions endanger public servants and entire communities, and they must not be tolerated. I am grateful to the FBI, ATF, and our state and local law enforcement partners for ensuring accountability for this attack, and for the work they do every day to protect our communities.”

Read more: CBS 42 (Birmingham, AL)