West, Texas, man charged with destructive device to plead not guilty [View all]
A volunteer paramedic in the Texas town rocked by a massive fertilizer plant explosion in April will plead not guilty to charges that he possessed an explosive device, his lawyer said Saturday....
...Bryce Reed, 31, is due to appear in court on Wednesday. He was arrested after a friend told a local sheriff that Reed possessed explosives, authorities said. Reed had gathered pieces for a pipe bomb, according to court documents, but had not assembled the parts into a working explosive.
Reed took on a significant profile in the aftermath of the disaster in the small town, giving interviews and delivering the eulogy for victim Cyrus Reed. “I will avenge this. This will get right. I don’t care what it takes. I will get square,” Reed said in an interview at the time.
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The guy's statements can be taken as incriminating or exculpatory. I hope there isn't a search for a scape goat to shift the blame from the lack of regulation.
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