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An improvised explosive device was discovered in Natchez Trace Park Saturday, according to the Henderson County Sheriff’s Department. The Henderson County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to Natchez Trace Park during the early hours Saturday after an IED was found. The Read More …
A man faces serious charges following a South Nashville hazmat incident involving an explosive device. Specialized Investigations detectives arrested 37-year-old Brandon Lamar Holt late Saturday night in the 3200 block of Nolensville Pike. Metro Nashville Police Department said he used Read More …
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board will investigate the explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems near Bucksnort that killed 16 people. “This is one of the deadliest industrial incidents in our country in years,” said Steve Owens, the chairperson Read More …
A Sevier County Sheriff’s Office investigation into an explosion at a home in the Ellis Woods Loop area has led to an arrest, Sheriff Michael Hodges announced Monday. The explosion happened Sunday. Hodges said an Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) technician Read More …
Nineteen people are dead or missing after a massive blast obliterated a building at a Tennessee explosives facility on Friday, authorities said — a “mass detonation” so significant that it rattled homes miles away. The early-morning explosion at Accurate Energetic Read More …
A Tennessee man was taken into custody Friday after authorities allege he threatened to kill public officials and law enforcement and was then discovered with 14 improvised explosive devices in his home when investigators arrived to arrest him. Kevin Wade Read More …
A Jonesborough man accused of bringing an improvised explosive device to jail has been charged, according to the Washington County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Office. James Thomas Clay, 29, was arrested by the Johnson City Police Department on January 11 for various Read More …
A man has been charged after allegedly trying to blow up a Tennessee power substation as part of a white supremacist plot to upend American society, another potential instance of extremism targeting critical infrastructure. Skyler Philippi, 24, spent months plotting Read More …
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – A loud, sharp boom broke the stillness in a remote area of Arnold Air Force Base for the briefest of moments on the morning of Sept. 10. A dark cloud rose above the tree Read More …
An Athens man was arrested on several charges on Wednesday after meth, guns, firearms and explosive devices were seized from his home and a storage unit. According to Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones, multiple agencies served a search warrant at Read More …
NASHVILLE, TN—The Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Metro Nashville Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have concluded a significant portion Read More …
A driver of a white box truck was detained Sunday afternoon on Highway 231 in Lebanon, Tennessee, after “playing audio similar to what was heard before the Christmas Day explosion,” local investigators said. The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office said the Read More …
A parked camper van exploded in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee, early on Christmas morning, injuring three people and knocking out communications systems across the state. Possible human remains were later found near the blast site, US media report. Read More …
Investigators looking into the Christmas morning explosion in Nashville now believe the blast was likely the result of a suicide bombing, according to two law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation. Officials have previously said they have recovered Read More …
Nashville police have released a photo of the RV investigators believe is linked to the explosion that tore through a downtown neighborhood Christmas morning. They are asking anyone with information to contact investigators with tips. The photo was apparently taken Read More …