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19-year-old Evansville woman arrested after police find explosive devices in backpack [mug shot]
WISHTV ^ | 5/30/2025 | Sophie Schick

Posted on 06/01/2025 7:58:18 AM PDT by simpson96

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — A 19-year-old woman has been arrested in Evansville after police say they found destructive devices in her backpack that she wanted to use at her old high school.

On Thursday, an Evansville Police Department officer took Ahnna Tipton to a hospital for an evaluation.

During the intake process, a hospital police officer found a suspicious item in Tipton’s backpack, EPD said in a release. The officer said it looked like a “pill bottle wrapped in duct tape with a matchstick sticking out of the lid” and a piece of cloth attached.

The officer then found a second suspicious item: An aluminum pipe sealed at both ends with duct tape, EPD said Friday. The officer identified what he thought were incendiary materials with a strong chemical odor.

EPD bomb technicians came to the hospital and interviewed Tipton. The technicians say she admitted to constructing the devices, and that she had two more at home.

The EPD Hazardous Devices Unit got a search warrant and found the two devices hidden in modified Monster Energy drink bottles.

EPD officers say in a later interview that Tipton revealed to them that she planned to deploy the devices at the high school she attended — with the intent to hurt others.

As of Friday, Tipton is being held at the Vanderburgh County Jail without bond. She is due in court Friday afternoon.


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KEYWORDS: ahnnatipton; bomb; education; indiana; violence
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1 posted on 06/01/2025 7:58:18 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Yep, crazy eyes....


2 posted on 06/01/2025 8:00:26 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher )
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To: simpson96

Missing info: What led the police to approaching this young woman in the first place? Did they receive an anonymous tip on Tipton? Was she “under their radar” already?


3 posted on 06/01/2025 8:03:01 AM PDT by lee martell
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“Missing info: What led the police to approaching this young woman in the first place? Did they receive an anonymous tip on Tipton? Was she “under their radar” already?”

Looks like a dude, so I’d expect that ‘they’ were being watched by the police.


4 posted on 06/01/2025 8:05:30 AM PDT by BobL
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To: simpson96

Are we sure that’s not a Tranny?


5 posted on 06/01/2025 8:06:07 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: Rurudyne

She’s nuts, Jim.


6 posted on 06/01/2025 8:07:17 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: simpson96

that’s a man, baby ...


7 posted on 06/01/2025 8:07:37 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Lazamataz

Didn’t you date her?


8 posted on 06/01/2025 8:11:48 AM PDT by null and void (Democrats: fake news, fake presidents, fake beliefs, fake policies, fake protesters & fake voters!)
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To: catnipman

Not possible. That would mean that he, a trans, is violent. That would be a first /s


9 posted on 06/01/2025 8:12:44 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: lee martell

They received suicide threats and took her to the hospital.


10 posted on 06/01/2025 8:15:45 AM PDT by TexasGator (11-.1.'1'11\1I11111111111.1'11.'11/'~~'111./.)
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To: simpson96

Looks just right for the Bronco.


11 posted on 06/01/2025 8:20:29 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: simpson96

Could set a record for guilty.


12 posted on 06/01/2025 8:22:31 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: simpson96

Look at them crazy eyes!


13 posted on 06/01/2025 8:22:47 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: lee martell

“”””Missing info: What led the police to approaching this young woman in the first place?””””

It was the look in her eyes, normally that would never hold up in court, but looking at the mugshot, I think a judge may allow it this time.


14 posted on 06/01/2025 8:23:27 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

She looked like a Zombie. Most likely, her pupils were dilated, and as big as marshmallows. The way eyes can look if you dropped acid, or so I have heard.


15 posted on 06/01/2025 8:27:36 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: BobL

Now that you mention it, she does have a good lantern jaw going on.


16 posted on 06/01/2025 8:29:38 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: simpson96

1000 mile stare. I bet there’s a meth-mouth behind that scowl.


17 posted on 06/01/2025 8:34:24 AM PDT by paulcissa (Politicians want you disarmed because they intend on doing things you would shoot them for.)
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To: simpson96

The police may have noticed a suspicious bulge in her yoga pants.


18 posted on 06/01/2025 8:39:28 AM PDT by Don@VB (THE NEW GREEN DEAL IS JUST THE OLD RED DEAL)
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To: Don@VB

We gotta start getting tough on crime because the communists are running wild in this country.... more crimes need to be brought into the purview of the death penalty


19 posted on 06/01/2025 8:41:41 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: simpson96
I bet the reason she has it in for her old high school is that she was too popular😂

There may be some sarcasm involved in this post🤔

20 posted on 06/01/2025 9:03:25 AM PDT by Mastador1
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