Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Austin Texas Small Bombs

Austin Texas Small Bombs

tags: Bombs and IED , explosion, ammonium nitrate, fertilizer bomb, dry run, texas, Timeline 2013,  timeline 2014, ied, assault weapon, ammunition


Austin man accused of setting off bomb near state office photo
Larry Charles Robbins, 34, of Austin, was charged Jan. 3 with possession or manufacture of a prohibited weapon.

Jan. 18, 2013 A truck later found to be owned by bomber Larry Charles Robbins was found abandoned in  Austin Texas with a cache of assault supplies, including a fully automatic weapon, loaded pistol magazines, a can stuffed with fireworks a fuse and ammonium nitrate pills for improvised bombs.

April 21, 2013  Austin Texas  before midnight, a person extinguished a small fire that turned out to be a quart-sized ammonium nitrate fertilizer bomb, the same substance that destroyed a plant in West Texas. Authorities speculated it could have been an experiment or a dry run for a larger bomb. No suspect has been identified.

December 28, 2013 Larry Charles Robbins of  Austin Texas  allegedly blew up a flammable gas bomb in a black trash bag, He left through a back gate that had its padlock and chain cut.Robbins had worked at Luminex Corporation, a biotechnology company just 400 feet away from explosion, and had been asked by security to leave the area. He was caught on a traffic stop with drug paraphernalia, bolt cutters, butane, a black trash bag and gunpowder commonly used in pipe bombs. He was charged Jan. 3 with possession or manufacture of a prohibited weapon and released on $15,000 bail




Sources

There were only two news stories on this potentially explosive situation:

  1. Man arrested for bomb-making has history | KXAN.com

    www.kxan.com/.../man-arrested-for-bomb-making-has-histor...
    KXAN‑TV
    Jan 9, 2014 - Larry Charles Robbins, 34, was arrested last week. According to the arrest affidavit, investigators believe Robbins has been at this for at least a  ...
  2. AUSTIN, TX (KXAN) - An Austin man is accused of setting off homemade bombs in public places.
    Larry Charles Robbins , 34, was arrested last week. According to the arrest affidavit, investigators believe Robbins has been at this for at least a year, but exactly what he was planning is unclear

Another incident

Austin man accused of setting off bomb near state office | www ...

www.statesman.com › News › Local

Austin American‑Statesm...
Jan 8, 2014 - The Austin Fire Department has accused a man of making a bomb that ...by the print division of the Texas Health and Human Services Department. ... with fireworks and some type of fuse and ammonium nitrate pills, which  ..


accused a man of making a bomb that blew up by the side of a building owned by the print division of the (government office target)Texas Health and Human Services Department. 
There was no damage, the warrant said. Larry Charles Robbins, 34, of Austin, was charged Jan. 3 with possession or manufacture of a prohibited weapon. He was released from the Williamson County Jail with bail set at (released???) $15,000.
The explosion happened Dec. 28 at 12300 Technology Blvd. in a part of Austin that is in Williamson County
Larry Charles Robbins, 34, of Austin, was charged Jan. 3 with possession or manufacture of a prohibited weapon.

mpounded his vehicle, and a search revealed drug paraphernalia, bolt cutters, three small containers of butane, a black trash bag and an unknown powder, the warrant said...Police technicians tested the substance and found it was similar to powder used in pipe bombs, 

Robbins owned a truck found abandoned Jan. 18, 2013 near a public park at 3100 Stony Drive in Austin, the warrant said. Inside the truck was a fully automatic weapon, loaded pistol magazines, a can stuffed with fireworks and some type of fuse and ammonium nitrate pills, which are used for improvised explosive devices, the warrant said.


http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/us/texas-explosive-device/index.html

Late on April 21, just before midnight, a person saw an object -- later determined to be the quart-size container that held the explosive -- on the ground near a trash container, Woolverton told CNN on Thursday. The witness walked over with a bucket of water to extinguish what looked to be a small fire, then went back inside a building....Initial tests showed the device contained ammonium nitrate, the same volatile substance that sparked a massive explosion last month at a fertilizer distribution plant 110 miles north in West, Texas,

  1. Homemade bomb found in Northwest Austin | kvue.com Austin

    www.kvue.com/.../Homemade-bomb-found-in-Northwes...

    KVUE
    May 3, 2013 - bomb was found in the alley behind a northwest Austinbusiness complex on ... The bomb contained ammonium nitrate, police said Friday,  ...




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