Posted on Apr 20, 2018
700 pounds of stolen explosives are still missing and the ATF wants them back
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$20,000 reward: "The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) wants to recover more than one-third of a ton of explosives that went missing from a construction site.
The bureau is offering a $20,000 reward for information about the whereabouts of the missing items or the people involved with them. The reward has doubled from the initial offering. The ATF suspects that someone stole 704 pounds of explosives and 400 blasting caps in Pennsylvania.
“It’s an ongoing investigation,” ATF public information officer Charlene Hennessy told Newsweek.
Hennessy said the ATF would not speculate on motives in an ongoing investigation but added there was no reason to believe the suspected theft was terrorism-related. She said the bureau had received numerous tips from the public and was following leads."
The bureau is offering a $20,000 reward for information about the whereabouts of the missing items or the people involved with them. The reward has doubled from the initial offering. The ATF suspects that someone stole 704 pounds of explosives and 400 blasting caps in Pennsylvania.
“It’s an ongoing investigation,” ATF public information officer Charlene Hennessy told Newsweek.
Hennessy said the ATF would not speculate on motives in an ongoing investigation but added there was no reason to believe the suspected theft was terrorism-related. She said the bureau had received numerous tips from the public and was following leads."
700 pounds of stolen explosives are still missing and the ATF wants them back
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"there was no reason to believe the suspected theft was terrorism-related"
WTF else is someone going to use 700 lbs of explosives for? Home remodeling?
WTF else is someone going to use 700 lbs of explosives for? Home remodeling?
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But if you were going to use it for fun and legal purposes, wouldn't you go through legal means of acquiring it?
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SPC Casey Ashfield
4th of July is coming up. I don't know why anyone would would want 700 pounds of explosives if it wasn't for some huge celebration...
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The question here is, “who was responsible for providing security to the site?” Has that individual been held accountable for the negligence? The stolen property is probably gone by now.
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Wow I did not know that, I was under the impression that due to the nature of its capabilities and large amount of money that it cost it would be secured with guards.
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