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An East Texas 20-year-old has pleaded guilty to providing detailed bombing instructions over the internet. The man allegedly wanted to target federal law enforcement agents with these potential bombs and was providing instructions online to undercover FBI agents, according to Read More …
Some of the most important security missions across mass transportation systems are in the hands or paws of canines. Currently throughout the nation, there are more than 1,000 canine teams part of the Transportation Security Administration’s National Explosives Detection Canine Read More …
Police say an early morning traffic stop on Tuesday led to the discovery of an improvised explosive device in a Plainview man’s vehicle, and later an illegal weapon at his home. During a brief news conference late Tuesday afternoon, Plainview Read More …
A Texas man who had boasted that he was at the United States Capitol when swarms of Trump supporters stormed the building on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of plotting to blow up an Amazon data center Read More …
Authorities in Texas responded to a bomb explosion at Random, a beer garden near Boerne Lake, KENS-TV reports. The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were dispatched after a report of a “loud explosion.” “Deputies arrived in the area and Read More …
A Texas man has been charged with plotting a bombing of Amazon Web Services in a quest to allegedly “kill off the internet.” Seth Aaron Pendley was arrested in Ft. Worth after allegedly attempting to get an explosive device from Read More …
A man has been charged after police in Arlington County, Virginia, say they found bombmaking materials and two pipe bombs during a search on North Stuart Street. Ryan Bosnick, 34, has been charged with two counts of possession of explosive Read More …
A Williamson County man who forced a neighborhood evacuation Tuesday threatened to burn down his house, kill law enforcement officers and commit suicide just days after authorities served him divorce papers last month, court papers show. John Christopher Crawson, 47, Read More …
In March 2018, a serial bomber planted five explosive devices in packages and placed one next to a trip wire on a suburban street in Austin, Texas. Unsuspecting residents found packages outside their homes. The packages were designed to explode Read More …
A Gonzales County man was arrested and accused of providing support to the terrorist group ISIS and discussing the planning of terrorrist attacks in the United States and overseas. Jaylyn Christopher Molina, who also refers to himself as “Abdur Rahim,” Read More …
It was Sept. 15, 1959, when an ex-convict, 49-year-old Paul Orgeron, showed up on the campus of Edgar Allan Poe Elementary with his 7-year-old son and a suitcase packed with dynamite. He was angry that he couldn’t enroll his son Read More …
A soldier who served in Afghanistan and Iraq was indicted by a federal grand jury in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday for possessing an improvised explosive device, according to court records. Joshua Colin Honigberg, 35, was charged with one count of unlawful possession of Read More …
A man has been arrested after officials found a pipe bomb and other explosive materials in his Universal City motel room. Bexar County Fire Marshal Deputies, along with Universal City Police, executed an arrest warrant at the Super 8 Motel Read More …
There has been a recent decline in the number of people interested in adopting retired military K-9s, according to officials at Lackland Air Force Base. Most dogs that come up for adoption at Lackland are young dogs who failed to meet Read More …
The Air Force’s 902nd civil engineering squadron explosive ordnance disposal unit, known as the EOD unit, is based at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The unit handles, retrieves and defuses dangerous explosive devices that are military-owned with a coverage area ranging Read More …
More than 30 law enforcement K-9 teams from across Central and South Texas conducted explosive-detection training in San Antonio Tuesday morning. The San Antonio Airport’s Police K-9 Explosives Detection Unit hosted the training session at the San Antonio Independent School District’s Alamo Stadium. Robert Read More …
The Texas serial bombing suspect has been killed after setting off an explosive device in his car as police closed in. Austin Police chief Brian Manley confirmed the death of the 24-year-old man, who has not been named, after officers Read More …
A package bomb that exploded at a FedEx facility near San Antonio early Tuesday is likely linked to attacks by a serial bomber that have killed two people in Austin, a federal official said. “We suspect it is related to our investigation” into four bombings Read More …
Two cyclists have been injured in an explosion in Austin, Texas, just weeks after two others were killed by parcel bombs in the city. Police said the latest bomb may have been detonated by a trip wire after the two Read More …
The person who is making explosive devices and has left them at three Austin doorsteps is constructing them using common household items that can be easily purchased at hardware stores, potentially making efforts to identify the perpetrator more difficult, law Read More …