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On April 12, 2025, at approximately 0840 hours local time in Cleves, Ohio, authorities investigated an explosion that occurred. Deputies and the FBI are involved after an IED was found and detonated in a wooded area. Emergency responders arrived following reports of a loud blast and smoke. No injuries were reported.
On April 14, 2025, in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, multiple officers from the Summit Township Police Department and Somerset County Probation office executed a search warrant on Petenbrink Road and arrested a suspect who was hiding in the basement of the residence. During the search, officers discovered numerous drugs, a firearm, and homemade explosives. Charges are pending against the suspect and other occupants of the house. No additional information about the explosives was made available at this time.
On April 15, 2025, in Austin, Texas, Austin Police responded to reports of explosives manufacturing at a home on Vintage Stave Road. The confirmation of explosives manufacturing prompted evacuations in the neighborhood, and the bomb squad was called in to investigate. After a thorough examination, the bomb squad safely detonated the sensitive explosives on-site. The incident caused temporary road closures. A suspect was taken into custody.
On April 17, 2025, a suspect from Mason, Ohio, was arrested by the FBI after being linked to an improvised explosive device discovered in a park several years earlier. Investigators found evidence, including photos and notes, connecting him to the construction and testing of explosives.
On April 23, 2025, in La Grande, Oregon, a suspicious device was reported near Jefferson Avenue and Greenwood Street. The La Grande Police Department responded to the scene and secured the area. The Oregon State Police Bomb Squad (OSPBS) was called in to investigate the device and determined it was an IED.
On April 25, 2025, at approximately 1030 hours local time, authorities in Provo, Utah, arrested a man after discovering multiple explosive devices in his vehicle, which was parked at a church near the Provo Towne Centre Mall. The suspect, who had reportedly brandished a firearm, was taken into custody, prompting a bomb squad response. Investigators later searched his apartment and found over 70 additional homemade explosive devices, leading to further charges.
On Monday, 31 March, 2025, during a traffic stop in Illinois conducted by the Iroquois County Sherrif’s Office, a suspect threatened to detonate a bomb in the backseat before he ran to a nearby home. Deputies later found the suspect in the home and arrested him. The East Central Illinois Bomb Squad found a device in the home and confirmed the explosive was real. The bomb squad then defused it. The suspect faces charges of possession of explosives and aggravated battery to an officer.
On Monday, 31 March 2025, state troopers in Anderson County, Kentucky, conducted a traffic stop that led to the discovery of homemade explosives, including two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), in a vehicle. Both the driver and the passenger were arrested. A subsequent search of one suspect's home revealed more explosives, firearms, and materials for manufacturing IEDs. The investigation is ongoing, and the suspects remain in custody.
On Sunday, 30 March 2025, at approximately 1130 local time, homemade explosive devices were discovered in a wooded area near Wynne Park by a homeless individual. Police confirmed the presence of multiple live explosives, including pipe bombs, near an open suitcase. Bomb technicians from the Garland Police Department and FBI rendered the devices safe. Authorities are investigating the origin of the explosives and canvassed the area for additional devices.
On 28 March 2025, at approximately 1000 local time, the Stafford County Kansas Sherrif’s Office executed a search warrant in Macksville, KS. According to media sources, law enforcement recovered firearms, ammunition, explosives, crossbows, fentanyl, methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, electronic devices, 17 dogs, 3 pigs, 2 pythons, and a salamander from inside the private residence.