Tennessee man arrested with 5 pipe bombs
The probation officer and an accompanying Marion County
Sheriff’s deputy paid Christopher Owens, who turned 32 that day, a visit at his
Allen Lane home in Kimball at around 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
When they searched
his bedroom, they allegedly found the homemade bombs.
Owens, who was convicted of committing theft over $1,000,
was home with his girlfriend and a child
The police chief said that the devices, which were filled with
black powder, were not that potent.
“I don’t think they were powerful enough to hurt anyone
else, but they were a danger to the people in that home,” he said.
Owens was charged with eight counts of reckless endangerment
because there were eight people living in the home, Allison said.
In addition to reckless endangerment, Owens was charged with
felony possession of a firearm, kidnapping, domestic assault, possession
of explosive components and drug possession, according to Allison.
It was not immediately clear if Owens has retained a lawyer
or if a court date had been set.
Owens has lived at the one-story ranch-style house where the
nearest neighbor is around 100 yards away for two decades, Allison said.
When the devices and materials to manufacture more were
discovered, he continued, police assembled the Chattanooga bomb squad and “the
five pipe bombs were detonated right there.”
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