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Crude homemade bomb found
Tips over the weekend lead detectives to the device in thick brush. It's disarmed by a bomb squad.
By TAMARA EL-KHOURY, Times Staff Writer
Published August 15, 2007
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Sheriff's Deputy Thomas Potito, center left, and forensics Officer Dallas Proveaux carry evidence of a homemade bomb, found Tuesday in the brush off Lake St. George Drive in Palm Harbor.
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[Joesph Garnett Jr. | Times]
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PALM HARBOR - Pinellas County sheriff's detectives Tuesday found a homemade bomb deep in the brush off Lake St. George Drive. Detectives were led to the spot, an area covered by thick, 8-foot-high brush and thought to be owned by Progress Energy, after receiving several tips Monday, said sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jim Bordner. At 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, detectives found what Bordner described as a "crudely made homemade explosive device" 50 feet into the overgrown area east of Lake St. George Drive, which is near Tampa Road. The area where the bomb was found is south of the Lake St. George subdivision at Shorncliffe Lane. But the explosive device wasn't near any homes, Bordner said, and no one was evacuated. Detectives cordoned off the area and called the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad for help. A 300-foot safety radius was set and after a loud "pop," law enforcement officials pulled out the device. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debbie Carter said her agency sent a bomb technician to the scene who "partially dismantled" the bomb. Bordner would not describe what the device was made of or how it appeared to be put together. No arrests have been made and detectives are working to determine where the parts of the bomb came from. Tamara El-Khoury can be reached at tel-khoury or (727) 445-4181.
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by Mark
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08/16/07 09:36 AM
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I find it quite moronic that the police listed the bomb as "crude". Bomb builders as whole consider themselves to be more intelligent than the general population and especially law enforcement. What Bordner said will only enrage the nut who built it!
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by Bob
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08/15/07 11:57 AM
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I am positive that this bomb has something to do with the two people caught in Goose Creek, SC with homemade pipe bombs and other bomb making material. The fact that the bomb was located via a tip would indicate that this is a very good possibility.
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by John
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08/15/07 07:49 AM
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Why isn't Progress Energy cleaning that area up. There was a fire started there earlier this summer that threatened residential homes.
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