Orlando - Man Arrested On Charges of Planting Pipe Bomb On S.R. 417
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A destructive device found on State Road 417 outside Orlando Florida has led to one arrest and several questions that will hopefully be answered at a joint press conference with representatives of the F.B.I. and A.T.F.
The Orlando Sentinal reports:
A months-long investigation led authorities to a pipe bomb on busy State Road 417 Wednesday afternoon, halting rush-hour traffic for more than an hour, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office disclosed late Wednesday.
A 21-year-old St. Cloud man was in custody Wednesday night, charged with manufacturing an explosive device. An arrest report said the man’s father and girlfriend led investigators to the homemade device in the westbound lanes of the highway around 4:30 p.m., about one mile west of John Young Parkway. Traffic was shut down while it was removed.
Deputy sheriffs expect to make at least four more arrests in the case, which also involved the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, said Deputy Carlos Padilla, sheriff’s spokesman.
“This is not a terrorism plot,” Padilla said. “These are local guys who made [the bomb.]“
The sheriff’s spokesman did not name the suspect who was in custody. An arrest report at the Orange County Jail identified the man as Brandon Ryan Woll, a server at the Swan and Dolphin Hotel at Walt Disney World. He admitting to placing the bomb, the report said. He was being held on $1,000 bail.
Padilla said the man in custody and others to be arrested would face state and federal charges.
Below is a copy of an email sent out by the Orange County Sherifs Department
On 10/24/2007 at approximately 4:30pm a destructive device was found in the westbound lanes of Hwy 417. The device was located 1 mile west of John Young Parkway. As a result of a joint investigation between the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the agency of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms, the device was found and rendered safe.
The joint operation led to an arrest with several more arrests pending.
State and federal charges will be filed on all suspects.
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