Officials: Florida woman, who is 'consumed' by Oklahoma City and Columbine mass murders, built 2 dozen pipe bombs but has been arrested before she could pull off a 'catastrophic' attack.
mass murders built two dozen pipe bombs and was arrested before she could pull of a"catastrophic" attack, officials said Friday.
The parents of Michelle Kolts, 27, called 911 early Thursday night and deputies found two dozen nail and pellet bombs that just needed gun powder to be detonated, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said. "These bombs could have caused catastrophic damage and harm to hundreds, even thousands of people," the sheriff said.
The deputies also found pistol powder,"fuse material," 23 knives, two hatchets, nunchucks, two BB rifles, six BB handguns and dozens of books on terrorism and bomb-making at the family's home on Jagged Cloud Drive in Wimauma, about 30 miles south of downtown Tampa.Police announced the arrest of a woman accused making two dozen pipe bombs in Florida.She had been on the radar of local authorities when they got a tip in August 2018 she had been ordering the bomb-making books.
"She became consumed with the Columbine and Oklahoma killings," Chronister said."So at the time, she wasn't diagnosed with any type of mental health diagnosis. She stated at the time she wasn't, her intention wasn't to harm anyone."ATF agents and deputies are still investigating but Chronister said Friday it wasn't immediately clear if Kolts had specific targets in mind."We're not aware of type of list .. she was targeting," the sheriff said.
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