KEWANEE, Ill. – The Peoria Police Bomb Squad was called to a nearby community to help find a bomb, and they did.
Police in Kewanee say it happened Tuesday as police pulled over a motor home in the city’s downtown area.
Authorities say they found drug paraphernalia, cannabis, methamphetamine, some methamphetamine residue, and other items in the vehicle driven by Barry Cox, 58, of Kewanee.
(Kewanee Police)
But, they also discovered a suspected pipe bomb.
The bomb squad told police the pipe bomb was homemade, eventually rendered safe, and taken into evidence.
Cox faces felony drug and weapons-related charges, and is jailed on a $250,000 bond ahead of a May eighth hearing.
The bomb discovery was the same day a later unfounded bomb threat was phoned in to Bradley University.
