Man to serve year in prison after he placed pipe bombs at an oil and gas business
A Gulf Shores man will spend a year and a half in prison after he drove three pipe bombs from his home and placed them at an oil and gas business in New Iberia.
Furmon Bozeman, 61, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays for transportation of destructive devices in violation of the National Firearms Act, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice. He will serve three years of supervised release after leaving prison.
Bozeman drove from his Gulf Shores, Alabama, home on Jan. 10 to an oil and gas business in New Iberia. He placed three pipe bombs, one at the main sign, one at the entrance to the human resource office and one at the sign outside of the front door of the main building, according to the release.
The pipe bombs contained double-based smokeless powder inside galvanized steel pipes and endcaps, according to the release.
Bozeman had worked for the company through a third-party contractor but was terminated, according to court records.
When agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives searched his home and found additional bomb-making materials, a book called "Flash Powder Cookbook," several rounds of ammunition, firearms and smokeless powder, according to the release.
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This article originally appeared on Lafayette Daily Advertiser: Gulf Shores man to serve year in prison after transporting pipe bombs
