Posts Tagged ‘explosive devices’
Person of interest in custody after explosion at apartment building in Bridgeport, CT
A person of interest is in custody after an explosion at an apartment building in Bridgeport, Connecticut that forced dozens of people from their homes. Firefighters responded to the building on North Avenue shortly after 12 a.m. Thursday after reports of smoke coming out of one of the apartments. First responders found what appeared to…
Read MoreMan is arrested for allegedly placing an explosive device near home in Rancho Cucamonga
A man was arrested for allegedly placing an explosive device near a residence in Rancho Cucamonga, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The incident occurred on June 3 at 4:36 p.m., when deputies from the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department responded to the 9300 block of Lomita Drive regarding reports of an explosive device…
Read MoreTennessee man charged after deputies find explosive device on his porch
A Middle Tennessee man arrested Wednesday is accused of manufacturing an explosive device. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) says the device was found Wednesday morning when deputies from the Henry County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call from a man claiming to be overdosing on drugs. Robby Basham, 53, was taken to the…
Read MoreFrance detains Russian-Ukrainian man in possession of explosives
France’s domestic intelligence agency has detained a 26-year-old Russian-Ukrainian man on suspicion of planning a violent act after he injured himself in an explosion, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) said on Wednesday, June 5. The man was treated by a fire brigade on Monday evening “when he suffered serious burns following an explosion,” said…
Read MoreHelena man accused of school threats sentenced to prison for homemade bombs
A Helena man accused of making threats against Helena Public Schools and possessing homemade bombs was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. In January, Logan Pallister, 25,pleaded guilty to possession of an unregistered destructive device and an unregistered silencer in federal court. Helena Police were…
Read MoreEl Salvador says it foiled a plot to plant bombs on the day of President Bukele’s inauguration
El Salvador said authorities have broken up a plot to plant bombs around the country to coincide with President Nayib Bukele’s inauguration on Saturday. The country’s National Police said the plot involved “veterans” of the country’s 1980-1992 civil war, an apparent reference to former leftist guerillas. Police posted photos of small cylinders of explosives with…
Read MoreBombmaking Instructor Who Taught How to Kill Law Enforcement Sentenced to 25 Years
Christopher Arthur, 40, was sentenced today to a total of 300 months’ imprisonment for teaching another individual how to make and use an explosive knowing that the individual intended to use that instruction in the murder or attempted murder of federal law enforcement. In July 2023, he was convicted by a jury on that crime…
Read MoreViolence intensifies in southwest Colombia as FARC holdout group attacks police and military
Violence intensified in southwestern Colombia on Monday when a bomb blast injured six people in the city of Jamundi and an attack by insurgents on a police station in the rural town of Morales left at least two officers dead, according to police. Colombia’s government attributed the attacks to the FARC-EMC a rebel group that…
Read MoreCarson City man facing terrorism charges after being arrested with explosives
A Carson City man is facing terrorism charges related to building explosives. Deputies say they became aware of the situation when they conducted a traffic stop Saturday afternoon on a car driven by 50-year-old Christopher Gorham. A search of his car turned up drug paraphernalia and an explosive device. The Tahoe-Douglas Bomb Squad was called…
Read MoreRussia’s glide bombs devastating Ukraine’s cities on the cheap
Russia is increasingly using “glide bombs” – cheap but highly destructive ordnance – to advance its offensive in Ukraine. More than 200 of them are thought to have been used in just a week to pound Ukraine’s northern town of Vovchansk during Russia’s current cross-border advance near Kharkiv. President Volodymyr Zelensky said 3,000 such bombs…
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