Police Investigating Who Rigged a Milton House to Explode
Milton Police are trying to determine who rigged a Milton house with an explosive device that was set to go off whenever someone flipped a light switch.
The device was found on Tuesday and no one was injured, according to the Milton Police Department.
The Boston Globe reported that an electrician doing a home inspection discovered the device and contacted police.
Milton Police Chief Richard Wells told the Globe the electrician described the device as a plastic jug filled with an accelerant that was wired to explode when the switch was flipped. It was unclear who planted the device and who the intended victims were.
Wells told The Patriot Ledger that the device was rigged to first ignite the home’s rafters.
Officials contacted the Boston Police which sent its bomb squad to the scene.
The bomb squad eventually disabled the device.
The homeowner, Lindel Williams, told the Globe that someone also poured concrete into the home’s plumbing system.
Wells told the Globe that investigators are looking at several persons of interest, focusing on people who have had access to the home.
Williams told WBZ-TV that the former tenants moved out last Sunday.
Police had recently been called to the house for a vandalism report, according to an Associated Press report.
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