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TexasTowelie

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Mon Feb 6, 2017, 08:01 PM Feb 2017

Perkinston man threatened to detonate a dirty bomb if officers came to his home

Gulfport -- A Perkinston man accused of making bombs who was found with assorted fighting weapons has admitted he had destructive devices on his property, federal court papers show.

Alan Rhodes, 52, had four destructive devices known as Tannerite, a commercial product used to make explosives for target shooting, an Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent has testified. Also found in the home were a short-barreled shotgun, swords, hatchets, handmade spears, fighting-type axes and a baseball bat with protruding nails.

Federal agents became involved Nov. 10 after Stone County deputies responded to a complaint that Rhodes had assaulted a woman and put a gun to her head, threatening to shoot her.

Rhodes told agents he could put a device at the end of the road and detonate it if law enforcement arrived, a document said. The four devices were inside the home along with fuses, metal pipes, blasting caps and smokeless powder.

Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article130996154.html

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Perkinston man threatened to detonate a dirty bomb if officers came to his home (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
Terrorist , must one of them kacekwl Feb 2017 #1
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