PLEASANT HILL, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area man has been arrested after police found an incendiary device and bomb-making materials in his apartment, authorities said.
The 27-year-old man, who has not been identified, came under police scrutiny after detectives police connected him to a string of vandalisms that happened in the Contra Costa County cities of Pleasant Hill and Clayton.
Investigators obtained a search warrant for his home in Pleasant Hill after learning he had purchased bomb-making materials, the city’s police Sgt. Janayla Pierson said in a statement.
The suspect was found at home along with explosive materials during Friday’s search, she said.
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Residents of about 20 units in the apartment building were ordered to shelter in place or evacuate during the search. Police said two bomb squads and a Hazmat unit responded to the scene to render his apartment safe.
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