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On 5 July 2024, Pennsylvania State Police discovered 13 IEDs while searching a 46-year-old man’s vehicle during a traffic stop on I-80 East in Tobyhanna Township. State Police Bomb Squad technicians responded and removed the devices for further examination. No further device-related details were provided. The suspect was arrested under a DUI and weapons-related charges.
On 27 June 2024, at approximately 0419 hours local time, the Coos Bay Police Department (CBPD) received a report of an explosion and triggered alarm at a gunsmith workshop in the 130 block of North Wasson Street. Responding CBPD officers discovered the front glass window of the business had been shattered. Surveillance footage showed a man approach the business, emplace an unspecified explosive device on the windowsill, light the device, and flee before the device functioned. No further device-related details have been released. An investigation is ongoing.
On 4 July 2024, at approximately 0200 hours local time, a Beaverton Police Department officer’s patrol vehicle was damaged by an IED along 158th Avenue. The officer reported witnessing a bright flash and hearing a loud bang before the passenger window shattered. The officer sustained minor injuries, and the passenger side door sustained minor damage. No additional details regarding the explosive device have been released. The investigation is ongoing.
On 4 July 2024, at approximately 2245 hours local time, the Brookfield Police Department (BPD) received several reports of an explosion on the 7900 Block of Bud Street in Masury. The following morning, police received additional reports of broken windows. According to the BPD, they have not yet determined the cause of the blast, but the extent of the damages likely indicates a modified pyrotechnic device or IED. At least six homes were damaged. The investigation is ongoing.
On 24 June 2024, Greece Police Department officers and Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad technicians opened an investigation into the use of IEDs on Lida Lane in Greece after receiving complaints and information about videos of the incident circulating online. Investigators determined that on 22 June, at around 2000 hours local time, two suspects functioned IEDs, causing over $6,200 of damages to a storm drain. One of the devices was described as affixed to a plastic cat litter container before functioning. No further explosives-related details were released.
In early April 2024, the Winslow Township Police Department (WTPD) opened an investigation in the area of Fleming Pike after residents reported hearing loud explosions near a railroad bridge. Police surveillance revealed that a 71-year-old male suspect allegedly functioned over 25 explosive devices while driving down Fleming Pike. WTPD, the Camden County Sheriff’s Department, and the ATF responded to the suspect’s residence on 1 July and discovered 118 M-class explosive devices, thousands of aerial-type pyrotechnics, six 30-round magazines, and one 60-round magazine.
On 5 July 2024, at approximately 0900 hours local time, a forest fire was reported in the Wharton State Forest near Apple Pie Hill and the Batona Campground. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service, State Park Police, State Division of Fire Safety, and Burlington County Fire Marshal’s Office responded to the incident. Their investigation determined that pyrotechnics functioning late on 4 July caused the fire. The blaze burned over 4,300 acres and was approximately 90 percent contained as of 9 July.
On 10 July 2024, at approximately 0203 hours local time, an Atlantic City Police Department (ACPD) officer saw an explosion on a sidewalk in the 1500 block of Atlantic Avenue and a suspect fleeing the scene. Surveillance video revealed the suspect functioning an unspecified explosive device. No injuries or damages were reported. No further device-related details were provided.
On 5 July 2024, at approximately 1330 hours local time, an Albert Lea Police Department officer attempted to stop a vehicle on Hammer Road and Sorenson Road for a traffic violation. After failing to yield to the officer’s emergency lights and siren, the vehicle stopped on Paradise Road. The officer placed the 48-year-old male driver of the car under arrest for driving on a revoked driver’s license, suspected driving under the influence of a controlled substance, and fleeing the officer in a motor vehicle.
On 27 June 2024, at approximately 1700 hours local time, two 11-year-old girls functioned a pyrotechnic device at their home in River Rogue, resulting in serious injuries. The children discovered a pyrotechnic device in the house and, believing it to be a sparkler, lit it in a bathroom. After realizing the device was not a sparkler, they attempted to remove the device from the home; however, it functioned, severely injuring one girl’s hand and burning the other child.