Authorities in Tennessee have arrested a man who threatened to kill public officials and had explosive devices in his Polk County home. Polk County Sheriff’s deputies on Friday executed an arrest warrant for 54-year-old Kevin Wade O’Neal at his house in Old Fort, an unincorporated community about an hour east of Chattanooga, for allegedly threatening to kill public officials and law enforcement personnel, according to a news release. Polk County Sheriff’s deputies said they found what appeared to be an improvised explosive devices as they executed an arrest warrant for Kevin Wade O’Neal, 54, at his house in Old Fort, Tennessee, for threatening to kill public officials and law enforcement personnel. POLK COUNTY SHERIFF During the arrest, the deputies observed what appeared to be an improvised explosive device. They alerted the Chattanooga Police Department Bomb Squad and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for further investigation, officials said. ATF agents, along with local authorities, searched O’Neal’s residence and found 14 explosive devices, the news release said. Investigators also determined that O’Neal attempted to detonate the explosives upon the officers’ arrival and while they were attempting to apprehend him.
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siehe auch: Tennessee man arrested after officers find 14 IEDs inside home: Sheriff Authorities allege the suspect tried to detonate the devices during the arrest. Manhunt underway for 29-year-old wanted in quadruple homicideA manhunt is underway for an “armed and dangerous” 29-year-old man wanted in a quadruple homicide in Tennessee, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said. A Tennessee man was taken into custody Friday after authorities allege he threatened to kill public officials and law enforcement and was then discovered with 14 improvised explosive devices in his home when investigators arrived to arrest him.