Seattle man arrested, bomb materials confiscated from home

BY Tim Haeck  on March 20, 2013 @ 3:06 pm (Updated: 6:42 pm - 3/20/13 )

A South Seattle man is under arrest after his landlord complained the tenant was making bombs.

King County Sheriff's deputies confronted the man Tuesday night and sealed off the house in the 10800 block of Forest Avenue South and evacuated some nearby homes.

In the morning, explosives experts from Joint Base Lewis-McChord along with federal agents removed bomb-making materials from the house. At one point some material, deemed unstable, was detonated at the scene to protect the safety of the officers.

Experts on the scene described the material as similar to "plastique," a soft, moldable form of explosive.

Sheriff's sergeant Cindi West said the homeowner is not considered dangerous to others or a security threat. "The guy was actually using the material to make exploding targets so when he shot them they would explode." The amount of material was not substantial. "It wasn't anything that was going to take out a block," said West.

Neighbors are still not being allowed back.

The man is jailed for investigation of manufacturing explosive devices.

Watch as Sheriff's deputies detonate the homemade explosives (video courtesy KCSO/Cindi West):

Tim Haeck, KIRO Radio Reporter
Tim Haeck is a news reporter with KIRO Radio. While Tim is one of our go-to, no-nonsense reporters, he also has a sensationally dry sense of humor and it will surprise some to learn he is a weekend warrior.
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  • Rikki Doxx wrote...
    "Plastique?"
    March 20, 2013 2:25 pm
    That's the French version. What we have in the US is C4, the same equivalent. Why do authors, especially, have to refer to C4 as "plastique?" - trying to be cute no doubt to show their inter-nationality.
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  • CH wrote...
    M80 has more kick then that
    March 20, 2013 7:12 pm
    double it and try it again!
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  • R L M 456 wrote...
    make a target like we see on almost any TV show
    March 20, 2013 9:11 pm
    to blow up in a puff when you hit the bull-eye

    Watch to Police expand the harmless act into a "terror" event that ruins your life forever

    Yet the real criminal continue to roam the streets

    God- our legal system is a fricking joke,

    No wonder the world laughs at us.

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  • maplefish wrote...
    They finally caught
    March 21, 2013 3:58 am
    Messiah 101
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