DENVER (AP) - The Latest on the sentencing of a man who left a homemade bomb outside a Colorado police department (all times local):
4:30 p.m.
The sentencing of a former hippie who left a homemade bomb outside the police department in a Colorado mountain town has been delayed so the judge can consider if he should be treated as a terrorist.
David Ansberry was set to learn his punishment Thursday after two days of testimony from bomb experts and residents from Nederland. But U.S. District Judge Christine Arguello said she wanted to wait until lawyers submitted written arguments on whether a terrorism enhancement, which would greatly lengthen the sentence, should apply.
The sentencing has been postponed until Jan. 25.
The bomb was discovered in 2016 in a backpack just outside the front door to the station in a strip mall that also houses a school, a diner and other businesses. It never detonated on its own even though investigators say Ansberry tried to trigger it by calling a cell phone attached to the device.
The bomb contained a peroxide-based compound, HMDT, that is prone to explode if exposed to heat or friction.
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2:50 p.m.
A former hippie who pleaded guilty to leaving a homemade bomb with a powerful explosive outside the police department to avenge a friend’s death from the 1970s in a Colorado mountain town is set to be sentenced Thursday.
The bomb was discovered in 2016 in a backpack just outside the front door to the station in a strip mall that also houses a school, a diner and other businesses in Nederland. It never detonated on its own even though investigators say David Ansberry tried to trigger it by calling a cell phone attached to the device, which contained a peroxide-based compound, HMDT, that is prone to explode if exposed to heat or friction.
Since the device was intentionally detonated by authorities, Ansberry’s lawyers say it’s not known how much HMDT was present.
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