Grove Man Pleads Guilty To Having Pipe Bomb

A Grove man has pleaded guilty to possessing a bomb.

U.S. Attorney Trent Shores says Richard C. Cole, 36, pleaded guilty to possession of an unregistered destructive device discovered at a residence in Afton.

Shores says Cole accepted a plea agreement and admitted to possessing a pipe bomb which was capable of exploding and for not taking the required steps to apply for and register it according to federal laws.

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On August 25, 2018, Cole's landlord told Delaware County sheriff's deputies he'd found what he thought was a pipe bomb in Cole's apartment after he'd evicted Cole.

Deputies contacted the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Bomb Squad which found the pipe bomb as well as two, one-pound canisters containing “mixed Tannerite,” a binary explosive. They also found two boxes of ammunition.

Cole is facing up to 10 years in prison and a maximum $250,000 fine. Cole is out on bond until his sentencing on February 8, 2019.