Posted on 04/05/2006 8:39:38 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana
A 26-year-old man with connections to a prison gang was arrested early Tuesday morning after Lubbock police found a live bomb in his vehicle.
Patrol officers observed Jeremy Lynn Womack of Lubbock acting suspiciously and pulled him over near the 7300 block of University Avenue about 12:30 a.m., Sgt. John Gomez said.
Felix Garcia, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives resident agent in charge, said intelligence information and tattoos visible on Womack's body indicate he is a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist prison gang.
A narcotics-sniffing dog indicated to police there were drugs in the silver 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse that Womack was driving, Gomez said.
As officers continued to search the automobile, they found an explosive device in the passenger compartment of the vehicle, Garcia said.
Officers then called the regional bomb squad. Technicians secured the area and disarmed the bomb.
"It was an improvised explosive device," Garcia said. "These things are extremely dangerous - they are very, very unstable."
Garcia said the bomb Womack possessed was considered live because it was comprised of a container, powder and a firing device. Explosives such as these are easily detonated by shock, friction or heat.
It is unknown why Womack was carrying explosives, Garcia said.
"There is no legitimate reason to carry such a device," he said. "They rarely have no legitimate purpose except to maim and hurt people.
"Any time you see one, the best thing to do is call your local police department," he said.
Garcia said a federal complaint will be filed against Womack for possession of an unregistered improvised explosive device.
If convicted, Womack could face up to 10 years in federal prison and up to $250,000 in fines, Garcia said.
Womack was being held Tuesday at the Lubbock County Jail on state explosives charges and charges of narcotics possession in lieu of a $25,000 bond, according to a jail representative.
He was scheduled to have an additional hearing for charges of possession of a prohibited weapon Tuesday night, said a jail representative.
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Hub City Ping
He'll have some new connections(sic) to prison gangs worthy of any aryan brotherhood types.. if you know what I mean...
Scary stuff!
"I wonder where he was going with an IED in Lubbock Texas?"
Perhaps he was merely going fishing.
LOL. You're bad.
Texas Ping...
Amateur Hour.
That's pretty vague. I wonder what he did that made them suspicious?
or was this another case of Aryan profiling?
Knowing those idiots he was probably carrying it around to impress his buddies.
Lubbock is pretty far from Crawford, so I don't think that was his objective -- thank goodness.
Is the 7300 block of University north of 4th or south of 19th?
Patrol officers observed Jeremy Lynn Womack of Lubbock acting suspiciously and pulled him over
That's pretty vague. I wonder what he did that made them suspicious?
or was this another case of Aryan profiling?
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Shame on you. You know that profiling is wrong and it can not, in any way, be used to detect potential crime from a white guy. It only is used for blacks and mexicans.
sarc//off
A bullet?
Seriously, in the olden days, these were called mere "pipe bombs" (and I'm guilty of making a few myself...not for nefarious purposes, but just to make holes and pretty explosions. Calling them IED's makes them sound much meaner.
This man is not only dangerous to himself but to the public. We should make sure that the judge offers no bail. Cannot afford to allow this "terrorist" to be allowed back on the streets. (Anyone that has or builds a IED is a terrorist in my book)
Yeah, but it's close to Midland.
Laura is here every other day, it seems.
That said, I bet the guy is just an idiot and had one just because it was "cool" to have one.
Powder. Sounds like he went to Wal-Mart and got blackpowder.
He could be making fireworks.
In most towns, 7300 is between 6th and 8th streets.
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