Officers in Tennessee discovered 14 improvised explosive gadgets in a person’s residence whereas they had been arresting him this week on suspicion of threatening officers, the Polk County Sheriff’s Workplace stated.
Sheriff’s deputies and detectives went to an handle Friday searching for to arrest Kevin Wade O’Neal on lively warrants. O’Neal was accused of threatening to kill public officers and legislation enforcement personnel within the county, based on a press release from the sheriff’s workplace.
Whereas they had been taking him into custody, they observed one thing smoldering within the bed room the place they discovered O’Neal and decided it was an IED, officers stated.
Bomb squad officers and brokers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who searched the house discovered 14 IEDs inside, the sheriff’s workplace stated. Detectives stated O’Neal’s plan was to detonate the bombs as legislation enforcement arrived to arrest him.
O’Neal, 54, faces a slew of expenses, together with 11 counts of tried first-degree homicide, 14 counts of prohibited weapons and one depend of possession of explosive elements, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
The tried homicide expenses relate to the responding sheriff’s workplace personnel and two different individuals who had been on the scene, the workplace stated.
The sheriff’s workplace stated O’Neal is being held at Polk County Jail and bond has but to be decided. It was not instantly clear whether or not he had authorized illustration.
John Filippelli contributed.
