Records: More than 40 pipe bombs found in Arizona man's home

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Terry Tang, Associated Press
Updated 4:57 pm CDT, Friday, August 31, 2018



PHOENIX (AP) — A former Marine told authorities he kept a cache of more than 40 pipe bombs in his Arizona home to please his wife, who believed they would be needed if the U.S. government collapsed, according to court documents released Friday.

Jeffrey Dennis Metcalf, 51, is facing 40 counts of manufacturing, selling and possessing prohibited weapons. He was released from a Phoenix jail Thursday on $50,000 bond.

Police discovered 41 pipe bombs in a cooler in Metcalf's suburban Mesa garage and one in a backyard trash can, the documents state, adding that components to make 30 more were found in his car.

Authorities evacuated several nearby homes while eight bomb technicians took more than three hours to safely remove the bombs and transport them for disposal. Each pipe bomb had been enhanced with shrapnel, they said.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/More-than-40-pipe-bombs-found-in-Mesa-man-s-home-13195702.php

[mainer]

1. Oh yeah, blame it on the wife.

Like wives are the ones demanding their husbands keep bombs around that would destroy their homes.

[KayF]

2. women!

always with the pipe bombs!

[Lucky Luciano]

3. Duncan Hunter's long lost brother! nt

[Nay]

13. Yep, it's always our fault, u know?

[yuiyoshida]

14. WAIT! WHATS wrong with a PIPE BONG???

what? A Bomb? Oh...never mind..

[Glamrock]

26. That one's a beauty!

You have good taste!

[yuiyoshida]

32. And I am sure it tastes great, and is less filling!

[Glamrock]

33. Jealous!

[yuiyoshida]

35. Just vacation in a weed state...

I am sure there is lots to choose from..

[Glamrock]

36. That's not the issue. Usedbto score that quality here in Indiana.

The problem is the high paying job with the company truck. Anything happens to the truck, Bam! Piss test. Oh well. I give it 3-7 and it'll be legal. I hope.

[yuiyoshida]

38. Some companies are fighting back against weed in that

they are doing mandatory drug testing randomly once a month, and that stuff stays in your system a long time, so you have a choice, work or smoke weed. That includes weekends, as even if you smoke Friday night, a test on Monday will show you are using... which leads to immediate termination, and hey!! They would rather YOU BE drunk, and destroying your body with Alcohol than healing yourself with weed.

[sakabatou]

27. Bad, Yui

No Toonami for you.

[yuiyoshida]

30. At least I don't have to go to bed without my supper...

[Snackshack]

29. Nothing.

That is a fine piece of glass artwork.

[yuiyoshida]

31. I am sure its great with moonrocks.

[Solly Mack]

4. I need a vacation.

Away from people, news....people.

[WestIndianArchie]

5. Gee

I wonder what he's building these for?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

16. One of Trump's brand-new entrepreneurs - what else?

Supplies for a new gold mine on just-release BLM land, thanks to his lord tRump. Wife is in charge of explosives and lunch.

----- ........

I'm tempted to laugh about this but it really is not funny. This shit is the canary in our coal mine. Eventually, some people will get seriously hut by these nut jobs.

IMO, a very deep psychological profile should be ran on these fruitcakes and the summary info released to the media for publication. It needs to be out in the sunshine.

[WestIndianArchie]

17. no doubt the canary in the coal mine

definitely, a profile created and based on that at least questioned.

[IronLionZion]

6. Good thing he's not a terrorist

the picture of him tells me there is a perfectly white reason for this. Wives can be very demanding you know.

The police should go back to harassing black people for no apparent reason and TSA can harass brown people a little extra. Because you can't put a price on safety you know.

[WestIndianArchie]

10. Well

40 manufactured explosive devices, the material and components to manufacture 30 more. I think he was just doing a little garage experimentation and research on the sound effects of explosions on garden plants and the exponential expansion of the sonic waves thus created and how that affects climate change. He could not have possibly been manufacturing them as a member of a domestic terror cell.

[Maxheader]

7. Amazing how people think they actually have the means

to stop a govt from taking their home and property in the name of
"national security"...Wouldn't that be the traitors excuse?
Fuckn bundy brave...

[Stallion]

8. Hate to Read his "Honey-Do List"

[edbermac]

9. Nothing says romance like giving your wife a pipe bomb.

[sdfernando]

11. Well they don't call it

Laying pipe (bombs) for nothing!!

[NickB79]

12. My wife gets nervous when I break out my .22 to defend the chicken coop from skunks

That's one "interesting" wife he has 😂

[Frustratedlady]

15. According to the article, he and his wife were separated and she said he had mental problems.

He also planned to throw the pipe bombs into a lake the next day. Right. Metcalf and another man loaded bags into his car (observed by police) and when the police stopped him, they found bombmaking supplies for another 30.

His wife had never asked him to build the bombs. Sounds like the police interrupted a pretty awful episode.

[C Moon]

18. Released? $50,000? Sure, he's no threat. :/

[Bengus81]

19. Have them stashed along with that 25 year food (bought because Hannity said to) in some bunker???

Now all they need is a bunch of gold coins!!!

[raccoon]

20. They let this fucker out on bond?

That’s incredible. I feel for his neighbors.

The Judge, prosecutor etc must be as crazy as he is.

[Nitram]

21. Maybe they are keeping him under observation to see if he has more stashed somewhere else, or

is working with someone.

[dembotoz]

22. I guess everyone needs a hobby

[truthisfreedom]

23. I do not understand. How do pipe bombs protect

Against government collapse? Wouldn’t spare food be at the top of the list, along with water and tradable survival goods? Am I missing something? How about an LP generator and a 1000 gallon tank of LP gas? Suffering the penalty of being prosecuted for even ONE pipe bomb is far more expensive and time consuming than the cost of installing a home generator. For a 12-13kW standby unit you might spend under four grand including installation. Why be a total idiot? Who created this nation of idiots? Could it be... the nut job right wingers?

[Godsuki]

24. The crazy are getting crazier

Unsurprising since we have a crazy President.

[ansible]

25. Could be worse honestly

I still distinctly remember the insanity of the 90s militia movements that went up all over the place in response to Clinton's presidency. Now those were a real threat compared to the insane lone nutjobs these days.

[asiliveandbreathe]

28. OMG - his house is within 5 miles of where I live...not even 5 miles...

This is very disturbing..but not surprised...what is unnerving..they let him out on 50,000 bail..WTH...

[greyl]

34. They'll be monitoring contact he makes, mapping his network. nt

[QED]

37. He's close to me too

Too close.