Man Shovels Snow with Homemade Bombs

Man Makes Bombs for Snow Removal
by January 24, 2011 1980 Views

Man Makes Bombs for Snow Removal

Shoveling snow is one of winter’s most dreaded tasks but not if your 23-year old Leo J. Powers. The American man created home-made bombs to blow up snow banks so he wouldn’t have to shovel them.

Police have since charged him with threats to commit a crime and possession of incendiary devices after complaints from neighbours brought them to his home in Abington, Massachusetts. While there authorities found a container with “military-grade ammunition and other stuff, including powders of some sort” which was taken to determine if it was explosives. Powers wasn’t arrested at the time since there was no proof the materials were incendiary devices.

Powers has been asked to surrender all firearms and has since complied. His firearms license has also been suspended and he’ll be summoned to appear in court at a later date.

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by NJ Sullivan - Jan 24, 2011

by Luca Colonnese - Jan 24, 2011

A freelance writer & radio announcer with a general love for the bizarre, the weird and the unique.
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