Perry
An initial hearing has been delayed for a man who was arrested in Columbus last month after police located a pipe bomb inside a vehicle in a residential neighborhood.
Jorden L. Perry, 32, of Kentucky, is now scheduled to appear before Bartholomew Superior Court 1 Judge James D. Worton at 9 a.m. Jan. 17, according to a court order. Perry’s initial hearing was originally scheduled for Jan. 3.
Perry’s attorney, Michael P. DeArmitt, had requested the scheduling change because he anticipated being out of the office on Jan. 3 and unavailable to attend the hearing, court records show. Prosecutors did not object to rescheduling the hearing.
Perry has been charged with transporting a destructive device, possession of a destructive device and criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon, court records show. Transporting and possession of a destructive device are Level 5 felonies, while the criminal recklessness charge is a Level 6 felony.
A probable cause affidavit filed in Bartholomew Superior Court 1 alleges that Columbus police received a report Nov. 14 about a potential explosive device in the form of a pipe bomb inside a vehicle in a residential neighborhood and dispatched officers to the 700 block of 13th Street.
Columbus police then blocked off the 1300 block of Sycamore Street and Pearl Street while the Columbus Police Department Bomb Squad assessed the explosive device. A member of the CPD Bomb Squad later removed the pipe bomb from the vehicle and escorted it to an off-site location where it was safely detonated, officials said previously.
