By Kelly Fisher
May 26, 2021
An Ohio man has died of his injuries from a blast after his improvised explosive devices went off in his garage.
The man, later identified as
Michael Hopkins, was making his own explosives with the intent to sell them. He planned to use the money pay off a lawn mower he’d recently purchased, a neighbor told Ashtabula County deputies.
Deputies and the Jefferson Fire Department were called to the Clay Street residence on Saturday (May 22). Hopkins, 55, was trapped inside the garage.
“When deputies arrived on scene, the detached garage located behind the residence was burned to the ground and debris was scattered into the neighbor’s yard,” an Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office press release reads.
Tiffany Hall, 36, was arrested Sunday, authorities said.
There were a 911 call from a neighbor contacting deputies, who arrived at the 6900 block of Parks Roads right before noon Sunday, according to a press release from the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office. The victim, 62, said he and Hall were arguing about using the phone, deputies said. He alleged that she took a bucket of gasoline, threw it on him, and lit him on fire. The man survived the encounter. In this account, he ran to a neighbor’s home across the street, and they sprayed him using a hose.
Hall allegedly fled before deputies arrived, stealing a vehicle from the 6500 block of Parks Road. That vehicle turned up on State Route 11 in Plymouth Township, however, and the suspect was arrested without incident, deputies said.
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Ohio man trying to pay off lawnmower dies making explosive
Police say an Ohio man died when an improvised explosive device he was making in his garage blew up.
Credit: Plymouth Twp. Fire Department/Facebook Author: Associated Press Updated: 12:25 PM EDT May 24, 2021
An Ohio man died when an improvised explosive device he was making in his garage blew up, authorities said.
According to the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrived on the scene in Jefferson Saturday to find the detached garage burned to the ground and debris scattered in a neighbor s yard.
A neighbor told deputies the man “was making the explosives in his garage to sell so he could pay off a lawnmower he recently purchased,” the sheriff s office said.