WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) — A routine site visitors cease in Walton County late Monday evening led to the invention of two pipe bombs inside a car, ensuing within the arrest of a DeFuniak Springs man on a number of felony costs.
In response to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, deputies stopped a car on the intersection of Smith Street and Freeway 90 after noticing it displayed a cardboard tag marked “PRIVATE.” The driving force, later recognized as 37-year-old Benjamin Adam Roach, initially advised deputies he had no identification. A start certificates discovered within the car confirmed his identification.
Additional investigation uncovered methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia within the automobile. As deputies carried out a list of the car, they situated two suspicious, cylinder-shaped objects. One was a capped PVC pipe, and the opposite was a closely taped black cylinder.
When questioned, Roach admitted each gadgets contained gunpowder. He first denied the presence of a fuse however later admitted one of many objects did have one.
Authorities instantly contacted the Bay County Bomb Squad and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. After a joint investigation, the Bomb Squad confirmed the objects have been practical pipe bombs and safely disarmed them.
Roach was arrested and transported to the Walton County Jail. He faces a spread of felony costs, together with making a bomb, possessing explosives, possession of a managed substance, tampering with proof, and possession of drug paraphernalia. As of Tuesday morning, no bond has been issued.
The investigation stays ongoing.
