Blasts Rock East Bridgewater After Police Discover Explosives – Mass.
May 16, 2008 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
As many as 30 explosions have rattled windows in a leafy neighborhood here since the State Police bomb squad descended on a yellow Colonial-style home Thursday evening and allegedly found a cache of pipe bombs, according to police and neighbors.
The largest blast came just after midnight, when authorities blanketed the area with automated phone calls warning residents to brace themselves.
“It rattled the windows,” said Jim Widenfeller, who lives a fifth of a mile away. “It really rocked the neighborhood.”
The owner of the yellow Colonial, Michael Ambrose, 41, is scheduled to be arraigned today on charges that included possession of explosive devices. Chief John Cowan of East Bridgewater police did not specify, in an interview with the Globe Thursday and a press release issued this morning, how many pipe bombs were found.
A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation said this morning that authorities discovered more than 20 active pipe bombs, many of which were found hidden in the garage. Police are expected to remain on the scene for several more hours. It is not clear why Ambrose had the alleged bombs.
“This is one of the largest quantities of hazardous devices that has been found in one location in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in recent memory,said State Fire Marshall Stephen Coan.
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