Texas: Federal documents give details on explosive device found in Fort Smith home

Federal court documents give more details about what kind of explosive device was found in the home of a man arrested in Austin, Texas, by the FBI Tuesday. Neil Ravi Mehta, 31, of Fort Smith, an employer for Federal Armament Read More …

Washington: Police arrest Tacoma man for making improvised explosives

Police in Tacoma arrested a man Wednesday who is accused of making and detonating improvised explosive devices at his home. According to the Tacoma Police Department, the arrest started with community members alerting officers of explosions coming from near the Read More …

Ohio train derailment: Controlled burn of toxic chemicals went ‘as planned’

A controlled vent and burn of toxic chemicals at the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, went “as planned,” and “no concerning” air and water quality readings have been detected, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Monday night. “For now, out Read More …

Georgia: Fort Stewart EOD helps local law enforcement during investigation

Most people know Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) as the Soldiers who help disarm bombs. However, they are occasionally called on to help with tasks that fall outside of their regular military specialty. Recently, after investigators were unable to find a Read More …

Retired Special Forces operator led charge to create elite Army EOD special mission units

A retired U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal sergeant major, elite Special Forces operator and U.S. Army civilian led the charge to create the EOD companies that combat Weapons of Mass Destruction and support special operations missions. Retired Sgt. Maj. Dennis Read More …

Neo-Nazi leader and Maryland woman allegedly plotted to ‘completely destroy’ Baltimore

Two people charged with conspiracy to damage energy facilities — a neo-Nazi leader and a woman with whom he had a personal relationship — allegedly planned to attack electrical substations encircling Baltimore and “completely destroy” the entire city, according to Read More …

New York: Explosive device detonates outside Merrick home

Police are investigating an explosive device that was thrown by an unknown man at 5:30 a.m. Sunday. The man hurled the device onto the front of a residential driveway at Sherman Avenue, police said. The device ignited and caused front-end Read More …

Alabama: Pipe bomb explodes in family’s mailbox

A family in Alabama got a scary delivery when their mailbox was blown up early Saturday morning. A handmade explosive launched fragments everywhere in surveillance video that captured the whole event. WALA reports the unnamed family that lives in Tillmans Corner Read More …

Pennsylvania: State police, FBI investigating explosive device found at gas transmission facility in Washington County

The FBI and state police are investigating after an explosive device was found at a gas transmission facility in Washington County, investigators said. The homemade incendiary device was found wedged into the door of an industrial gas pipe last week, Read More …

New York: TSA officers available to answer questions about the job of an officer for prospective recruits at Syracuse, Binghamton and Ithaca Airports in February

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring officers to work at Syracuse Hancock International, Greater Binghamton and Ithaca Tompkins International Airports and the agency is staffing a series of informational recruitment tables at those three airports in February so that Read More …

Hero army dog who saved countless lives by sniffing out five IEDs during raid against the Taliban is awarded animal version of the Victoria Cross

A heroic army dog who saved countless lives by sniffing out five IED bombs during a raid against the Taliban has been awarded the animal version of the Victoria Cross. Bass, a Belgian Shepherd, spent six years in the US Read More …

Nebraska: Two men in custody after police uncover suspected explosives in northwest Lincoln

One man was arrested and another questioned after an early morning traffic stop in northwest Lincoln led police to five homemade explosive devices, according to authorities. Police evacuated a home including several apartment units and Lincoln Fire and Rescue bomb Read More …

Georgia: Rioters With Explosives Torch Atlanta Police Car After Police Kill Suspect Who Shot A Cop

Rioters protesting the officer-involved shooting death of a suspect who shot a Georgia trooper last week set a police car on fire and busted out the windows of local businesses during a violent demonstration in Atlanta on Saturday night. Atlanta Read More …

Texas: Man transporting an anti-tank weapon in luggage at San Antonio airport will not face charges

Aman who attempted to fly with an 84 mm anti-tank rifle at the San Antonio International Airport on Monday will not be charged, police said. Transportation Security Agency agents confiscated the 84 mm Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifle after it was Read More …

Turkey ‘is sending cluster bombs to Ukraine’ as it treads a tightrope in relations with Russia

Turkey is sending Ukraine US-designed cluster bombs after Kyiv was denied the weapons by Washington, it is claimed. American and European officials have told Foreign Policy that Ankara is supplying Ukraine with the potent – but controversial – artillery-fired weapon, Read More …

Massachusetts: Old explosive device found in Wilbraham basement and detonated

Wilbraham and Ludlow residents were disrupted by the sound of a loud explosion on Wednesday evening after police safely detonated an old explosive device one resident found in their basement, according to a Wilbraham Police Department spokesperson. On Wednesday, Wilbraham Read More …

Iowa: Improvised explosive device removed from Cedar Rapids alleyway

The Cedar Rapids Metro Hazardous Devices Unit removed an improvised explosive device from an alley behind a residence on the 1700 block of Park Ave. SE Tuesday morning. Police were called to the area just before 11 a.m. for a Read More …

Robert W. ‘Wes’ Wheeler Jr. Named Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office

Director Christopher Wray has named Robert W. “Wes” Wheeler Jr. as the special agent in charge of the Chicago Field Office. Mr. Wheeler most recently served as the chief of staff to the executive assistant director of the Criminal, Cyber, Read More …