Wyoming: Upton man charged with planting homemade bomb at oil field company


A 39-year-old Upton man has been arrested and accused of planting a homemade propane bomb in the tool shed of a Wyoming oil field company near Upton in northeast Wyoming.

David Riggle remains in the Weston County Detention Center on Saturday, held on suspicion of possession of explosives, the jail confirmed to Cowboy State Daily. Weston County Sheriff Bryan Colvard didn’t immediately return a call for more information Saturday, but told Cowboy State Daily after the improvised propane device was found that it appeared to be “the real deal” and was intended to cause damage.

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Source: Cowboy State Daily News


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