Man upset about eviction faces new charges over bomb blasts outside judge's home and police station
Already facing state charges in Indiana over pipe bomb blasts outside a police station and a judge’s home within a two-week period in March, David Theiring was also federally indicted on Thursday.
The 37-year-old is federally charged with possession of an unregistered destructive device and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to the Associated Press, WDRB and WHAS. It appears that at least one of the charges relates to a firearm allegedly found in a search of Theiring’s home.
In the state-court case he faces two counts of possession, transporting, receiving or detonating of a destructive device. The charges relate to a March 6 blast outside the Madison police station and a March 16 explosion outside the home of Jefferson County Superior Court Judge Michael Hensley, WLKY reported earlier.
At that time, prosecutor Chad Lewis said Theiring was upset about being evicted from his home and Hensley signed the eviction order.
No one was injured when the bombs went off, but they put the entire community on alert. Madison Police Chief Dan Thurston warned local judges, lawyers, police and their family members and neighbors to be aware of their surroundings and report any suspicious activity, according to an earlier Associated Press story.
Police said DNA evidence linked Theiring to one of the bombs, which was similar to the other bomb.
