Larry North, a guy from East Texas, was angry at the government, say
federal prosecutors. And that's what drove him to leave 36 explosive devices,
including pipe bombs, in post office boxes in 23 separate locations.
--Josh Marshall
Prosecutor: East TX Man Distributed Pipe Bombs Because Of Anger At GovernmentJustin Elliott | April 8, 2010, 12:40PM
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An East Texas man who federal prosecutors allege left explosive devices including pipe bombs in multiple area mail boxes, was motivated in part by anger at the government, Brit Featherston, first assistant U. S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas tells TPMmuckraker in a phone interview.
"It does appear that there were two motives: one, that he was disenchanted with the federal government, and, two, he was disenchanted with an individual who he perceived that had wronged him," says Featherston of 52-year-old Larry North, who was arrested today.
North was indicted Wednesday on a charge of illegally possessing a pipe bomb. (Read the indictment here.) Authorities had identified North as a person of interest in connection with a string of incidents in which explosive devices were placed in mailboxes in East Texas.
They say that he was witnessed putting a pipe bomb in a collection box in Tyler Wednesday. Prosecutors say North distributed 36 devices in 23 locations, but he has not been charged beyond the possession count.
No injuries have been reported from the string of incidents. Prosecutors released this timeline of the alleged incidents.
Featherston tells TPMmuckraker that federal postal workers were endangered by the devices, along with firefighters and police who responded. He said the investigation into North's motives is still in the early stages.
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