Tag: Homemade Explosives

Patrol

Seattle Police Found Explosives in Van Abandoned Near Site of Weekend Riots

"Explosions occurred outside the precinct,” the press release states. “Individuals in the crowd threw explosives at officers. One explosion occurred along the north wall of the precinct (on Pine Street), which blew a hole in the wall of the building.”

July 30, 2020

Patrol

Cache of Molotovs and Ammunition Found Near Portland Protest Site

Police in Portland, OR, discovered a number of rifle magazines as well as "Molotov cocktail" improvised incendiary devices as protests continued over the weekend. The bombs and ammo were found during a shots fired call.

July 27, 2020

Patrol

LAPD Seizes Rocket Launcher, Explosives, Firearms from Home

Officers later executed a search warrant at his home where they found a cache of weapons that included: a rocket launcher, explosive materials (TNT and PETN), 24 rifles, 12 handguns and suppressors.

January 2, 2019

Patrol

Police Investigating Suspected Explosive Devices Sent to Clinton, Obama, CNN

"Responding officers identified a device that appeared to be an explosive device and they removed it for investigation," NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill said at a press conference.

October 24, 2018

Patrol

Teen Drawn to ISIS Brought Homemade Bomb to Utah School, Police Say

The teen was arrested and booked into a detention center on charges of manufacture, possession, sale, use or attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.

March 7, 2018

Patrol

Man Arrested for Leaving Bomb Outside Colorado Police Station

Authorities arrested a California man suspected of leaving a homemade explosive outside a police station in a small northern Colorado mountain town that failed to detonate.

October 17, 2016

Patrol

2 Oregon Officers Injured by Explosion Near Patrol Car

Captain Slater said evidence nearby indicates that it was a device resembling a pipe bomb. More here.

July 25, 2016

Patrol

Video: 2 Oregon Officers Injured by Explosion Near Patrol Car

Captain Slater said evidence nearby indicates that it was a device resembling a pipe bomb.

July 25, 2016

Patrol

Video: Boston Officer's Son Charged in Alleged ISIS-Inspired Terror Plot

Federal authorities have arrested an Adams, Mass., man who was allegedly planning to carry out an Islamic State-inspired attack on a university with guns and improvised explosives. His father, a Boston PD police captain, notified authorities of the plans.

July 13, 2015

Technology

TraceX Explosives Kit

Morphix Technologies' new TraceX Explosives Kit detects major homemade explosive material threats and their precursors in a single test without exposing the user or kit to contamination or dangerous chemicals.

November 25, 2013

Patrol

Boston Bombers Used Toy Car Parts

Federal agents suspect parts from radio-controlled hobby cars were used to construct the IEDs used in the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday.

April 17, 2013

Special Units

Colo. Cops Defeat Holmes' 'Death Trap'

Police explosives personnel dismantled the sophisticated booby trap in James Holmes' Aurora, Colo., apartment Saturday that was likely meant to kill police officers.

July 22, 2012