Missouri: St. Peters Man Planned to Attack Protesters, Cops With Grenades, IEDs, Police Say

A St. Peters man has been charged with multiple felonies after police found several explosive devices he’d hidden on a rural road in north O’Fallon, acting on a tip from his friends that he planned to use them in a Read More …

Chicago Police, Feds Seek Help to Identify Persons of Interest in 53 Arson Investigations

A man wearing a dark shirt and a hat sprays a liquid over the counter of a looted Ulta Beauty store in Brighton Park and ignites the fluid with a match. A group of men start a fire inside the Read More …

Pennsylvania: Police searching for person of interest in planting of explosive device in Lancaster City

A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered by Lancaster County Crime Stoppers for information leading to the arrest of a person of interest Lancaster City Police believe planted an improvised explosive device at City Hall. On Saturday, May Read More …

Ohio: ATF, EPD bomb squad find explosives and booby traps in Evansville home

The bomb squad and federal agents found booby traps, materials to make explosives and an explosive device in an Evansville home, police said. Special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives were contacted by detectives with the Evansville Police Read More …

Indiana: Deputy shoots suspect tossing explosives during car chase

A wanted man tossing explosive devices from a car during a police chase led to an officer-involved shooting in Indiana, police say. A 911 caller told police a suspicious man was “knocking vigorously” on the door of a home early Wednesday Read More …

Suspect in Minneapolis police station burning arrested in Breckenridge

The Breckenridge Police Department assisted federal agencies in arresting a suspected arsonist out of Minneapolis last weekend. Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 22, of Brainerd, Minnesota, is one of at least two suspects wanted for allegedly setting fire to a Minneapolis police Read More …

Kentucky: LMPD – Two Explosions Set Off At Protests Near Waterfront Park Late Thursday

Two explosions occurred alongside protesters near Louisville’s Waterfront Park Thursday night. Louisville Metro Chief of Public Safety Amy Hess said that one of the explosions left a crater roughly one-and-a-half feet in length on Witherspoon Street. Another nearby explosion, the Read More …

New York Police: Man brought explosives into Long Island hospital

Police say a man dressed in tactical gear was found with three explosive device in his backpack at a Long Island hospital and has been arrested on weapons and drug charges. Police say 33-year-old Robert Roden had walked into the Read More …

Virginia man blew off hand making explosives to target ‘hot cheerleaders’

A southwest Virginia man who blew off his hand in an apparent explosives accident has been charged in federal court after authorities say they found evidence he was making a bomb and wanted to target “hot cheerleaders” because of his Read More …

Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) Fire Investigators Need Help Regarding Dangerous Explosive – video

Portland Fire & Rescue Fire (PF&R) Investigators and Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Detectives are investigating an explosive device that was thrown over the fence at MCSO deputies in front of the 3rd ave. side of the Justice Center late Read More …

California: Santa Cruz Deputy Killed, Another Wounded In Ben Lomond Ambush

A veteran Santa Cruz County Sheriff Deputy was killed and a second was severely injured by an improvised explosive device Saturday during “an ambush” in the Santa Cruz Mountains. A grief-stricken Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart said the dead Read More …

Pennsylvania: Man Accused Of Leaving Backpack Of Explosives In Downtown Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh police and ATF agents searched the home of a man accused of leaving explosives next to a downtown Pittsburgh building. Matthew Michanowicz, 52, is charged with possessing weapons of mass destruction and possession of explosive or incendiary materials or Read More …

Virginia: Stockpile of explosives found in home of Valley man killed in NY police shootout

Federal and state officials found a stockpile of explosive devices on the property of a Shenandoah Valley man who was killed after a shootout with police on a New York highway last week. Last Friday, WHSV was there as Virginia Read More …

FBI investigating reported homemade explosives in Tazewell County

Multiple witnesses are reporting the detonation of a homemade explosive device. The Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Virginia State Police and the FBI, are investigating an incident that occurred on Holy Road just outside of the Town of Read More …

Pennsylvania: Explosive devices found in Lancaster after protests this week – police

A low-level explosive device that detonated in Lancaster this week has led authorities to urge residents to stay home and safe, as many are taking to the streets in solidarity of national protests against police brutality. Unplanned, or quickly-assembled protests Read More …

Kansas soldier to be sentenced in explosives, napalm case

The sentencing of a U.S. Army soldier whose two convictions for providing information on how to manufacture an explosive device and napalm has been postponed to mid-July, U.S. District Court records show. Jarrett William Smith, 24, had been scheduled to Read More …

Airport security experts to approach industry for new baggage screening technologies to speed passengers

Goal is a net false alarm rate of less than 10 percent with advanced technologies that can pinpoint home-made explosives in checked passenger baggage. Washington: – U.S. aviation security experts are asking industry to come up with improved ways of screening airport passenger Read More …

Thief robs Pennsylvania gun shop, leaves behind homemade bomb

A thief fled a Pennsylvania gun shop after stealing firearms and leaving a homemade bomb. It happened Wednesday at the Pickerel Inn near Dingmans Ferry. Six guns were stolen in the robbery, Pennsylvania State Police said, according to WNEP-TV. The thief was wearing a black Read More …