Man throws "silver bomb cracker" at bomb squad
Posted by: Jon on 06/11/2013 05:55 AM
[
Comments
]
This is one of those things that I am positive was initiated with the catch all phrase of mayhem and jail time; "Dude, hold my beer."
A suspicious package that closed Washington Street in downtown Iowa City for several hours Sunday evening was not a bomb, investigators said Monday, according to the Press-Citizen.
“It has been determined that the suspicious package was not a bomb or incendiary device and at no time was the safety of the public jeopardized,” the release said.
Police first responded about 7 p.m. Sunday to the report of a suspicious package in a newspaper box at the intersection of Washington and Dubuque streets. Bomb squad officials destroyed the package using machinery that forced water into the package at high speed.
While officials were investigating the package, an Iowa City man set off a firecracker and was arrested for his actions.
Steven Crittenden, 32, is accused of throwing a “silver bomb cracker” onto Dubuque Street about 11:30 p.m. Sunday while the Johnson County Metro Bomb Squad investigated the suspicious package near US Bank, 204 E. Washington St., according to an Iowa City Police criminal complaint.
Crittenden admitted to drinking but refused a search and blood-alcohol test and was arrested, according to the complaint. Two more “silver bomb crackers” were found in his possession, police said.
Crittenden has been charged with reckless use of fire/explosives, a serious misdemeanor.
Three other related charges — possessing fireworks, interference with official acts and public intoxication — were dropped after Crittenden’s appearance before a judge Monday morning.
A suspicious package that closed Washington Street in downtown Iowa City for several hours Sunday evening was not a bomb, investigators said Monday, according to the Press-Citizen.“It has been determined that the suspicious package was not a bomb or incendiary device and at no time was the safety of the public jeopardized,” the release said.
Police first responded about 7 p.m. Sunday to the report of a suspicious package in a newspaper box at the intersection of Washington and Dubuque streets. Bomb squad officials destroyed the package using machinery that forced water into the package at high speed.
While officials were investigating the package, an Iowa City man set off a firecracker and was arrested for his actions.
Steven Crittenden, 32, is accused of throwing a “silver bomb cracker” onto Dubuque Street about 11:30 p.m. Sunday while the Johnson County Metro Bomb Squad investigated the suspicious package near US Bank, 204 E. Washington St., according to an Iowa City Police criminal complaint.
Crittenden admitted to drinking but refused a search and blood-alcohol test and was arrested, according to the complaint. Two more “silver bomb crackers” were found in his possession, police said.
Crittenden has been charged with reckless use of fire/explosives, a serious misdemeanor.
Three other related charges — possessing fireworks, interference with official acts and public intoxication — were dropped after Crittenden’s appearance before a judge Monday morning.
Comments
