Pipe Bomb

HOUSTON -- A paramedic who responded to the massive explosion in West, Texas, last month faced charges on Friday after federal investigators discovered he had the makings of a pipe bomb, authorities said. It was not clear whether his arrest, which happened late Thursday, was connected to the ongoing investigation of the April 17 explosion, which killed 14 people and wounded more than 160. West Paramedic Bryce Reed appeared Friday in federal court in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on federal charges of unlawfully possessing an unregistered destructive device, according to a statement released to the Los Angeles Times by U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman and ATF Special Agent in Charge Robert Champion.

A West Los Angeles man faces up to nine years in prison after police say they found him with drugs, a gun and a pipe bomb in his car. Robert Cold Wilson was charged Thursday with seven criminal counts: possession of a destructive device on a public street, possession of a destructive device at a private habitat, possession of the ingredients to make a destructive device, possession of a controlled substance with a firearm, having a concealed firearm...

A computer firm employee was critically injured by nails and other debris discharged by a pipe bomb that exploded Friday when he picked up a white burlap bag in a company parking lot, police said.

A West Los Angeles man pleaded not guilty Thursday to more than half-a-dozen felony counts related to the Los Angeles Police Department's seizure of more than 17 pipe bombs from his residence Robert Colt Wilson, 29, faces seven criminal counts: possession of a destructive device on a public street, possession of a destructive device at a private habitat, possession of the ingredients to make a destructive device, possession of a controlled substance...

Police Tuesday morning found the remains of a pipe bomb that exploded over the weekend at McAuliffe Middle School and the remnants of a second bomb that fizzled. The explosion caused no damage, police said. There were no reported injuries at the school.

A West L.A. man who police said had 17 pipe bombs in his home is a “lone wolf” who had a fascination with explosives, police said. Police searched the home of Robert Wilson, 29, Wednesday after officials said they found him driving with drugs, a gun and a pipe bomb the previous night in Marina del Rey. Wilson was arrested Tuesday after police pulled him over for a traffic violation about 10:30 p.m. After a search of the vehicle, which...

The owner of a restaurant was injured slightly Friday by a pipe bomb found in a shoe box outside the eatery, police said. A second pipe bomb in the box failed to detonate. Kam Yee, 61, of Santa Ana was burned slightly on the legs after opening the shoe box, which he found near the front door of the Texas Cantina Restaurant in the 1400 block of East 17th Street, Santa Ana Police Sgt. Anthony J. Levatino said.

A pipe bomb was detonated by the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad early Friday morning after it was found in a residential neighborhood in Sylmar, authorities said. The 4-inch bomb--made out of PVC pipe with caps on both ends--was found by a resident of the 12000 block of Bradley Avenue about 6 a.m., police said. Neither the resident's name nor the exact location of the bomb was released by authorities.

Palestinians tossed a pipe bomb into a Hebron school that Israeli soldiers had seized, and troops fired volleys of rubber bullets at the rioters, targeting even those evacuating the wounded. Twenty Palestinians were injured by rubber bullets during several hours of street clashes. Two soldiers were injured by rocks. Clashes have erupted daily in Hebron since last week, after a Jewish extremist hung posters depicting the prophet Muhammad as a pig.

The bomb squad for the Ventura County Sheriff's Department removed a pipe bomb from a Simi Valley apartment parking lot Monday evening, said Lt. Don Austin of the Simi Valley Police Department. A tenant discovered the homemade bomb about 4:45 p.m. in the bushes next to a parking space at the Colony Apartments, 1764 1st St., Austin said. Simi Valley police arrived on the scene soon after it was discovered and called in the sheriff's bomb squad, he said. The squad removed the device about 8 p.m.

A West L.A. man who police said had 17 pipe bombs in his home is a “lone wolf” who had a fascination with explosives, police said. Police searched the home of Robert Wilson, 29, Wednesday after officials said they found him driving with drugs, a gun and a pipe bomb the previous night in Marina del Rey. Wilson was arrested Tuesday after police pulled him over for a traffic violation about 10:30 p.m. After a search of the vehicle, which...

Authorities continued to investigate more than a dozen devices believed to be pipe bombs discovered at a Palms home Wednesday, but sources said preliminary information indicated the suspect was probably acting alone. Law enforcement sources said it was unclear what, if anything, the suspect intended to do with the devices. The suspect, identified only as a 29-year-old man, was not believed to be part of a wider network or targeted plot. Authorities were in the process of booking him on suspicion of possessing an explosive device.

Police found multiple suspicious devices Wednesday morning in a Culver City home after a traffic stop in West Los Angeles, authorities said. The LAPD bomb squad was dispatched to the residence in the 3800 block of Overland Boulevard a short time after Los Angeles police pulled over a vehicle in the West Los Angeles patrol area. Few details were available, including the exact nature of the devices, but sources familiar with the incident, who asked not to be identified because the investigation was unfolding, said an early morning traffic stop yielded a device that led police to the home.

HOUSTON - A paramedic who responded to the devastating fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, last month was arrested Friday after federal investigators said they discovered he had the makings of a pipe bomb. It was not clear whether the arrest was connected to the April 17 explosion, which killed 14 people and injured more than 160 others in the small McLennan County town about 70 miles south of Dallas. The explosion had been investigated as an industrial accident, but officials said Friday they had started a criminal investigation.

HOUSTON -- A paramedic who responded to the massive explosion in West, Texas, last month faced charges on Friday after federal investigators discovered he had the makings of a pipe bomb, authorities said. It was not clear whether his arrest, which happened late Thursday, was connected to the ongoing investigation of the April 17 explosion, which killed 14 people and wounded more than 160. West Paramedic Bryce Reed appeared Friday in federal court in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on federal charges of unlawfully possessing an unregistered destructive device, according to a statement released to the Los Angeles Times by U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman and ATF Special Agent in Charge Robert Champion.

The title of the no-frills documentary "Who Bombed Judi Bari?" is not a rhetorical question; the filmmakers are offering a $50,000 reward for answers. The 1990 attack on two Northern California environmental activists remains an unsolved case, though over the years it has been at the center of media scrutiny and a landmark 1st Amendment ruling against the FBI and Oakland police. Darryl Cherney, who produced the film, was in a car with Judi Bari when a pipe bomb exploded. Members of the direct-action group Earth First!

The Orange County sheriff's bomb squad closed Magnolia Avenue on Friday and detonated a pipe bomb that was found in the middle of the street, authorities said. The 1/2-inch PVC pipe with an unlit fuse was discovered by a motorist in the southbound lanes of Magnolia Avenue near Chapman Avenue about 2 p.m., Garden Grove Police Lt. Mike Handfield said. The bomb squad closed the street and blew up the device about 3 p.m. No one was injured.

Palmdale resident Robert Janis, 37, lost three fingers of his right hand when he picked up a pipe bomb hurled through his bedroom window early this morning and it exploded, authorities said. Janis was treated at Palmdale General Hospital and later transferred to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, where he was in fair condition. In addition to losing the fingers, Janis suffered wounds to his right leg and thigh and was being examined for possible chest and internal injuries.

The Social Security Administration building in Casa Grande, Ariz., was evacuated Friday morning after an explosion, authorities said. A small, simple device exploded and charred the outside of the building's side doors about 8:25 a.m., said Case Grande Fire Marshal Barbara Rice. A car near the entrance appeared to be damaged. “It wasn't a pipe bomb or anything of that nature,” she said. There was smoke damage inside the building and briefly a fire, but no one was injured, Rice said.

Santa Monica police have arrested a 16-year-old boy they said was found with homemade explosives at his apartment. Officers were conducting a routine probation check about 7 p.m. Wednesday at the teen's home in the 1100 block of 12th Street near Wilshire Boulevard when they found a 3-inch PVC pipe bomb and firecrackers, including illegal M-80s, said Sgt. Rich Lewis of the Santa Monica Police Department. Information about the boy's probation was unavailable. Lewis said they also found a white powder, which the boy identified as ammonium nitrate, a substance commonly used to make explosives.