Worker tries to blow up U.S.'s largest nuclear plant

For the record, he's a 61 year old white dude with no idea how the pipe bomb got in his truck -- which may very well be legitimately the case, since the thing was apparently just rolling around in the bed of the truck with no attempt to conceal it and there is an extensive security sweep of every vehicle that enters. He typically rides a motorcycle to work, so it may have been there a while. Last I heard on Friday, he wasn't even arrested.

For what it's worth, the guards at the plant tested the device, found no evidence of explosive residue, but called the sheriff's office just to be on the safe side. The Toughest Fucking Sheriff In America and his deputies arrived and immediately announced that it was a viable pipe bomb, and they were boldly defusing it at an undisclosed location. I assume the sheriff will at some point declare that he was personally being targeted.

 

That Sheriff is nuts.

 

Thread jack here ... does anyone know if he's still going after the New Times guys?

 

Well-played...

 

He's not. The county attorney dropped the prosecution after the special prosecutor grossly overstepped his bounds.