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Today, the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced that a Mint Hill, North Carolina man that allegedly planned to use knives and hammers to execute a deadly New Year’s Eve attack Read More …
Wilmington police say a device found Friday morning at an apartment complex was determined to be a potential explosive, prompting a large response from the department’s bomb squad and federal agents. Officers were called shortly after 9:15 a.m. to the Read More …
Rangers with the National Park Service (NPS) responded to a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina, on Sunday after receiving reports of a suspicious item in the dirt. Officials with the NPS said the device was Read More …
An “improvised” explosive device and over $41,000 in stolen property were seized from a house in Burke County last week, according to deputies. Amid the investigation, 40-year-old Harrel Powell Jr. was arrested. Records showed he was jailed under a $70,000 Read More …
Officials with Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point said Friday that residents near the air station and its outlying airfields can expect multiple military training operations throughout May. Ground training will be conducted at Marine Outlying Field Atlantic, May 12-16 Read More …
A multiagency search was underway Monday evening for an armed man who eluded authorities after a traffic stop that started in Robeson County. It all began about 1 p.m. after agents with the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement Division (ALE) Read More …
A suspect is now in custody after a search warrant uncovered handmade explosive devices along Highway 29 North. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office charged Anthony Kyle Jenkins with possession of a destructive device after an hours-long search in Williamston. Deputies Read More …
Groups of drones autonomously launching from uncrewed ground vehicles could well be part of the U.S. Army’s future toolkit for mine-clearing operations. Work on the project has been spearheaded by Fort Liberty’s 20th Engineer Brigade, part of the XVIII Airborne Read More …
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is getting a new bomb suit. Charlotte City Council voted Monday to buy a new bomb suit ensemble to replace an old one. CMPD currently has five of them. Bomb technicians wear the suits for protection Read More …
FORT LIBERTY, N.C. – A U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team leveraged its experience, flexibility and grit to take first place in the recent all-Army EOD Team of the Year competition on Fort Liberty, North Carolina. Staff Sgt. Tyler A. Read More …
FORT LIBERTY, N.C. – U.S. Army Airborne Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians supported Military Working Dog training on Fort Liberty, North Carolina. EOD technicians from the 722nd Ordnance Company (EOD) trained with Military Working Dog teams from the 555th MWD Detachment. Read More …
Officials with Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today previewed the new security checkpoint in the airport terminal. Checkpoint 1, which is located at the west end of the new terminal lobby, will feature eight Read More …
Holly Springs police arrested a man who they say had an improvised explosive in his car outside a Sheetz on Wednesday. According to the police, the incident happened at the Sheetz gas station at 1100 Avent Ferry Road. Police said Read More …
A 39-year-old Mount Olive man is facing up to 95 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines after being found guilty this week by a federal jury on multiple weapons charges A federal jury convicted Christopher Arthur on Read More …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians honed their lifesaving skills together with the police bomb squad in Charlotte, North Carolina. Army EOD techs from the Fort Liberty, North Carolina-based 18th Ordnance Company (EOD) trained with their civilian Read More …
The Hickory Police Department confirmed two “pipe bomb-type” devices were found at a church in Hickory on Sunday afternoon and have identified the suspect believed to be responsible. The suspect has since been arrested and several law enforcement agencies were Read More …
NEW BERN, N.C. – Stephan Bullis, the man convicted in the July 1995 bombing at the then Business Telecom, Inc. (BTI) building located in North Raleigh, was resentenced on Friday to 450 months in prison followed by five years of Read More …
Terrorism experts, law enforcement officials, U.S. military officials and dog breeders will gather next week in a Durham, N.C., hotel ballroom to try and reverse a dangerous national security deficit: the shortage of high-quality U.S.-bred detection dogs. On the agenda Read More …
A 4th of July incident involving what police called “improvised explosive devices” shut down part of downtown Asheville Monday night, according to the Asheville Police Department. Police arrested two people and are searching for two more, the department said. The Read More …
The Marine base has been having issues with the public trespassing on the island, a place that’s unsafe because of the possible explosives buried beneath the sand. “We can’t make any of these areas safe,” Capt. Will Mueller said. “There’s Read More …