Multiple IEDs discovered during arrest of Williamson County man
Man arrested after making multiple IEDs in his Williamson County home
The Williamson County Sheriff s Office says detectives have arrested a man for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) inside his home outside the city limits of Round Rock.
ROUND ROCK, Texas - Williamson County Sheriff’s Office Detectives discovered explosives while making an arrest in the Paloma Lake neighborhood near Round Rock Tuesday.
Around 8 a.m. Tuesday, detectives arrested 47-year-old John Crawson for threatening a family members. They say the incident happened last month. While making the arrest, they found multiple improvised explosive devices inside Crawson’s Santa Barbara Loop home. Detectives could not say how many explosives were located or why they were in the home. Detectives say the threat did not involve explosives.
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Detectives with the Williamson County Sheriff s office have arrested a 47-year-old man Tuesday morning after an investigation by deputies found several improvised explosive devices (IEDs) inside his Texas home. John Christopher Crawson (Photo courtesy of Williamson County Sheriff s Office)
At approximately 8 a.m. Tuesday, John Christopher Crawson was arrested for the offense of terroristic threat against a family member a third-degree felony at his home located at 2564 Santa Barbara Loop, outside the city limits of Round Rock, Texas.
After police executed a search warrant and found the explosives inside Crawson s home, the sheriff s office immediately called in the Austin Police Department Bomb Unit and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to assist with the situation.