New York man made explosive devices and stored them on Manhattan rooftops, prosecutors say

A New York man is facing federal charges after allegedly making and attempting to use multiple improvised explosive devices in parts of Manhattan, prosecutors said July 22.

Michael Gann, 55, of Inwood, New York, is accused of manufacturing at least seven improvised explosive devices, also known as IEDs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Prosecutors alleged that Gann assembled the IEDS with precursor chemicals used to create explosive mixtures that he had ordered online.

After building the IEDs, prosecutors said Gann stored at least five IEDs and shotgun shells on the rooftops of residential apartment buildings in SoHo, a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan. Gann also allegedly threw a sixth IED onto the subway tracks on the Williamsburg Bridge, which connects the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn.

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