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Woman arrested with 9 homemade bombs in backpack following string of fires in North Texas
Fox 4 News ^ | 2/23/2026 | Madi Marks

Posted on 02/23/2026 1:24:21 PM PST by simpson96

COMMERCE, Texas - A woman was arrested over the weekend after police allegedly caught her "testing" homemade bombs following a string of fires in Commerce, authorities said.

Since Feb. 19, police have been investigating a series of fires reported across the city over a three-day span. On Saturday night, a patrol officer spotted a fire at Centennial Park and observed a woman leaving the immediate area.

Officers detained the woman, identified as Jamia Howell, and discovered nine homemade bombs inside her backpack. Investigators also recovered a lighter and other materials used to manufacture explosive devices.

Howell was taken into custody and transported to the Commerce Police Department. She is charged with arson and possession of a prohibited weapon. Police said additional charges are possible as the investigation continues.

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1 posted on 02/23/2026 1:24:21 PM PST by simpson96
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Just another relative of Obeyme doing what they do best.


2 posted on 02/23/2026 1:32:49 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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3 posted on 02/23/2026 1:33:35 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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nine homemade bombs

Yep. Each one of them is a "destructive device"; They each need a serial number and registration with the BATFE. Per NFA.

In violation of the Constitution.

But I don't think this lady is likely to be a Constitutional activist ...

4 posted on 02/23/2026 1:36:14 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Oh ... I congratulate the Commerce Police Department for arresting her without killing anybody.


5 posted on 02/23/2026 1:37:09 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Definitely guilty...


6 posted on 02/23/2026 1:45:14 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: simpson96

I am shocked it’s a woman.


7 posted on 02/23/2026 1:46:41 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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Wonder if she was inspired by that recent movie glorifying black female domestic terrorists, “One Battle After Another”.


8 posted on 02/23/2026 1:57:17 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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Jamia Howell. Her demographic was obvious by her first name. Dead give away.


9 posted on 02/23/2026 2:05:47 PM PST by drypowder
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Wonder if she was inspired by that recent movie glorifying black female domestic terrorists, “One Battle After Another”.

Blame Disney - they were made from coconuts...
10 posted on 02/23/2026 2:08:53 PM PST by larrytown (I will not be rage-baited.)
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To: simpson96

If her bombs had to be ignited by a lighter, that would be Darwin winning stuff. Just sayin.


11 posted on 02/23/2026 2:10:18 PM PST by exnavy (See article IV section 4 of our constitution.)
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Oh, Jamia, how could you!


12 posted on 02/23/2026 2:30:44 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MA)
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Patty Hearst shocked me to Think
‘How could a Woman do This?’
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13 posted on 02/23/2026 2:38:00 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Resist Satan's Tyranny )
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stupid girl: doing the jobs white women should be doing ...


14 posted on 02/23/2026 3:05:33 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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OMG!!! The ARSONIST is a BLACK!!!


15 posted on 02/23/2026 3:39:18 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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THAT was a WOMAN?????


16 posted on 02/23/2026 3:39:48 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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In advance, I will remind everyone that the cliche we’ll hear soon “she’s gonna go away for a long time” is NOT true. Even if she goes to prison it will not be for very long and she will be brooding and plotting a really big bombing event when she gets out someday.

No solution suggested, just a reminder.


17 posted on 02/23/2026 4:19:29 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Good one.
She might use a lighter if the power was out and she was trying to locate the source of a gas leak in the basement.


18 posted on 02/23/2026 4:21:10 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: simpson96

Every time I see these strings of fires I say terrorism and some one comes in to tell me that I am over reacting.

I am not

Fire is the cheapest easiest form of terrorism and we are in a terrorist war.


19 posted on 02/23/2026 4:29:40 PM PST by Chickensoup
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She looks like Jazzy Crockett’s horse.


20 posted on 02/23/2026 4:53:36 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The Supreme Court Sucks. Time for the old dinosaur to go along with the U.N. and NATO.)
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