Police discovered greater than a dozen improvised explosive units within the residence of a Tennessee man who allegedly threatened to kill native public officers and law-enforcement officers.
Polk County sheriff's deputies went to the ramshackle wooded residence of Kevin Wade O'Neal, 54, who had a number of excellent warrants for the alleged threats, the sheriff's workplace mentioned in a statement.
After deputies positioned him beneath arrest, they seen one thing that gave the impression to be an IED “smoldering” contained in the bed room the place they discovered him, officers mentioned.
Officers instantly evacuated the house and summoned officers with the Chattanooga Police Division Bomb Squad in addition to Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) members.
The officers discovered 14 crudely made IEDs inside the house and realized O'Neal had tried to detonate them as he was being detained, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.
O'Neal was slapped with 9 counts of tried first-degree homicide, one for every of the 9 Polk County detectives and deputies who have been current in the course of the arrest.
He additionally received an extra two tried first-degree homicide prices for 2 different individuals who have been contained in the residence on the time.
O'Neal can also be dealing with 14 counts of prohibited weapons and one rely of possession of explosive elements for the makeshift bombs.
He's being held at Polk County Jail, and his bond has but to be decided, officers mentioned.
