Posts Tagged ‘explosive devices’
New Hampshire Man Sentenced in Harvard University Bomb Extortion Case
A Manchester, N.H., man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for making a series of extortionate bomb threats against Harvard University. The extortionate threats caused the evacuation of Harvard’s Science Center Plaza and surrounding academic buildings, and the controlled detonation of what was later determined to be a hoax device on April 13,…
Read More2 members of thwarted Hong Kong bomb plot stole chemicals from university laboratory to make explosives, court hears
Two members of a thwarted bomb plot targeting Hong Kong police and civilians at the height of the 2019 anti-government protests stole chemicals from a local university laboratory to make explosives, the High Court has heard. Prosecutor Juliana Chow Hoi-ling also said on Wednesday the only woman of the seven defendants charged under the United…
Read MoreOklahoma Man Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Pipe Bomb at Satanic Temple in Salem, Mass.
An Oklahoma man was arrested and charged today for allegedly throwing a pipe bomb at The Satanic Temple (TST) in Salem, Mass. Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, of Perkins, Okla., was charged in a criminal complaint with using an explosive to cause damage to a building used in interstate or foreign commerce. Palmer was arrested this…
Read MoreAlabama man charged with detonating explosive device outside state attorney general’s office
An Alabama man was arrested and indicted this week on charges that he detonated an explosive device outside the Alabama attorney general’s office in late February, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, was charged with malicious use of an explosive and possession of an unregistered destructive device, the…
Read MoreSheriff: Man arrested after live explosive devices found near Taylorsville church
A man was arrested after two live explosive devices were found close to Millersville Baptist Church and related educational buildings in Taylorsville, according to the sheriff. Officers were called to a home on Fowler Hill Road across from the Millersville Child Development, which is part of the church, around 9:19 p.m. Sunday. The call came…
Read MoreExplosive device thrown onto porch of Satanic Temple in Massachusetts. No injuries were reported
Someone threw an explosive device onto the porch of The Satanic Temple in Massachusetts at a time when no one was inside, and the device and damage it caused were not found until nearly 12 hours later, police said. No injuries were reported. State police bomb technicians ensured that the device was no longer a…
Read MorePlanet Fitness evacuated after receiving bomb threat
Police are trying to find whoever called in a number of bomb threats across Jacksonville, Florida, that led to evacuations. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office reported numerous fake bomb threats on Saturday which targeted at least three Planet Fitness locations. Up to 30 gym members were evacuated. At least 17 Planet Fitness locations have reported hoax bomb…
Read MoreMan charged in Minneapolis hair salon bombing
A man is facing charges for a bombing at a Minneapolis hair salon back in 2022. Federal charges were filed Tuesday against 59-year-old Michael Allen Francisco, 59, for the explosion at Studio 411, a hair salon in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis. United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced that Francisco has been charged…
Read MoreAustria: Explosive device found at Jehovah’s Witness hall
A package containing explosives was discovered at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting in Kalsdorf in Austria, near the southern city of Graz, police said in a statement on Saturday. With around 50 people at the hall, officials said the device could have “potentially caused great damage.” A suspicious package was discovered at the entrance of the…
Read MoreHenderson police, FBI investigate explosive device found at LDS church
Law enforcement is investigating after an explosive device was reportedly used during a youth church event in Henderson Wednesday night. FOX5 obtained a letter sent to the Palm Canyon Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which described a “scary incident” that happened during a “combined youth activity.” The letter stated, “Apparently,…
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