North Carolina: Dunn man pleads guilty to possession of weapons of mass destruction after blast injures SBI agents


A 36-year-old man from Dunn pled guilty to three counts of possessions of a weapon of mass destruction that seriously injured two State Bureau of Investigations agents in 2019.

Agent Tim Luper received second-degree burns and dislocated his shoulder during the explosions, while agent Brian Joy suffered third-degree burns.

Deputies with the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office stopped Tyndall after he was speeding around 10 miles over the speed limit near Midway Elementary School, according to Sampson County officials. In his car, deputies found homemade explosive devices and arrested Tyndall that afternoon. Deputies called in the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Bomb Squad to help investigative the explosives. At Tyndall’s home, deputies found a burn pile inside that appeared to be from a detonated explosive.

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Source: WRAL.com