Pipe Bomb and Unidentified Chemicals Found In Car During Traffic Stop – Livermore
February 20, 2008 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
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A routine traffic stop Saturday led police to the discovery of several homemade explosives and bomb-making materials in Pittsburg.
The driver, Paul Michalek, 45, of Pittsburg was arrested on suspicion of possessing an explosive device. He has since made bail, according to the Livermore Police Department.
Traffic officers stopped Michalek’s car at about 5:10 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of North L and Park streets. Michalek had a suspended driver’s license, police said.
During a search of the car an explosive device and two containers of unidentified chemicals were found in the glove compartment.
Businesses and residences within a four-block radius were evacuated for several hours. The Alameda County Bomb Squad defused the pipe bomb and collected the chemicals.
The streets were opened and residents were allowed to return home at about 9 p.m.
At 11:30 p.m. that day, detectives from the Livermore and Pittsburg police departments and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms served a search warrant at Michalek’s home in the 900 block of New Castle Way. Another explosive device was found and defused.
