COLUMBUS, Ind. — A Kentucky man was arrested on a felony charge after a pipe bomb was located inside a vehicle in a residential Columbus neighborhood on Tuesday.
Shortly before noon, Columbus police officers responded to the 700 block of 13th Street
in regards to a possible explosive device located in a vehicle, said Lt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police Department spokesman. The arriving officers located what appeared to be a pipe
bomb inside the vehicle and contacted the CPD Bomb Squad for assistance.
Officers blocked off the 1300 block of Sycamore Street and Pearl Street while members of the Bomb Squad assessed the explosive device. A member of the CPD Bomb Squad later removed the pipe bomb from the vehicle and the explosive device was escorted by public safety personnel to an off-site location where it was safely detonated, Harris said.
As a result of the investigation, CPD officers arrested Jorden L. Perry, 32, of Whitley City, Kentucky. Perry was transported to the Bartholomew County Jail where he was remanded on a preliminary charge of Possession of a Destructive Device, a Level 5 felony. The incident remains under investigation.
