FBI: Man Put Devices Resembling Pipe Bombs on Power Lines

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

By DENISE LAVOIE, AP LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER BOSTON — Apr 4, 2016, 5:22 PM ET

A man accused of putting devices resembling pipe bombs on high-voltage power lines left a note threatening to attack utilities and to publish online instructions on how to make similar devices, according to an FBI affidavit released Monday.

Danny Kelly was arrested Saturday, days after firefighters responded to a brush fire near National Grid electric power lines in Tyngsborough, 35 miles northwest of Boston.

Authorities said they found metallic, cylindrical devices hanging from the power lines. One of the devices was found on the ground and is believed to have started the brush fire.

An FBI affidavit says Kelly, of nearby Chelmsford, was charged more than a decade ago with cutting about 18 telephone and cable lines and threatening to cut more unless he received payment. He pleaded guilty to extortion in that case.

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