Air Force staffer admits to possessing pipe bombs

Thursday, April 24, 2014

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- An Air Force staffer stationed in Illinois pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges that he possessed pipe bombs that he told investigators he planned to unleash on local sex offenders to "inflict as many casualties as possible."

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