Suspect In Monkey Island Pipebomb Case Placed On Probation

A 36-year-old Missouri man has been placed on probation after pleading guilty to having a pipe bomb at his former apartment in Oklahoma.

Tuesday, February 12th 2019, 4:22 pm

By: News On 6

Suspect In Monkey Island Pipebomb Case Placed On Probation

A 36-year-old Missouri man has been placed on probation after pleading guilty to having a pipe bomb at his former apartment in Oklahoma.

Grove Man Pleads Guilty To Having Pipe Bomb

Federal court records in Tulsa show Richard C. Cole received 2 1/2 years of probation when he was sentenced Thursday on one felony count of possession of an unregistered destructive device. Cole faced up to 10 years in prison.

Cole, of Joplin, was charged in August after the landlord of Cole's former apartment near Afton found an improvised explosive device in a garage after Cole was evicted from the rental.

Authorities later discovered two 1-pound canisters containing "mixed Tannerite," a binary explosive, two boxes of ammunition and a pipe bomb in an ammunition container. The explosive device was rendered safe and nobody was hurt.

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