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Klinglerware
08-12-2005, 06:01 PM
Really now, who forgets that he has a pipe bomb in his luggage? Even more mystifying, how did he manage to get released on bail? I did not think that was SOP, these days...


Oklahoma man says he forgot he had bomb-documents
Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:19 PM ET

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma man told federal investigators he forgot a pipe bomb he built for fun was in his luggage when tried to board an airplane, according to court documents released on Thursday.

Charles Alfred Dreyling Jr., 24, was charged on Thursday with trying to carry the bomb aboard a Delta Airlines flight from Oklahoma City to Atlanta on Wednesday, according to the documents.

Dreyling was released Thursday on $10,000 bail. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

FBI agents and Oklahoma City police officers said the pipe bomb contained a metal cartridge filled with gunpowder attached to a detonator made from model rocket parts, according to an affidavit filed by the FBI.

Dreyling, a student at the University of Oklahoma, could have detonated the bomb using his cell phone battery, according to the affidavit.

Dreyling told investigators he made bombs for recreation and had recently set off several devices with friends in rural Oklahoma, according to the affidavit.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-08-12T011951Z_01_SCH184222_RTRIDST_0_USREPORT-SECURITY-OKLAHOMACITY-DC.XML
ISiddiqui
08-12-2005, 06:04 PM
how did he manage to get released on bail?
Is he white? If so, there is your answer there ;)
Klinglerware
08-12-2005, 06:06 PM
Is he white? If so, there is your answer there ;)

Here's the guy:

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/US/08/11/airport.arrest.ap/story.Dreyling.jpg
ISiddiqui
08-12-2005, 06:10 PM
Bingo!!

If the dude was black or Middle Eastern looking, he'd be getting pounded by the cops in jail right now ;).
Klinglerware
08-12-2005, 06:11 PM
Bingo!!

If the dude was black or Middle Eastern looking, he'd be getting pounded by the cops in jail right now ;).

Or probably halfway to Egypt or Syria by now, by private jet courtesy of Homeland Security...
ISiddiqui
08-12-2005, 06:12 PM
Yes, there is that possibility as well.
duckman
08-12-2005, 10:51 PM
Silly okies!
Lathum
08-12-2005, 10:59 PM
that is the blankest stare I have ever seen
KWhit
08-12-2005, 11:01 PM
An Oklahoma man told federal investigators he forgot a pipe bomb he built for fun was in his luggage when tried to board an airplane.
What the Hell is wrong with some people?
Fonzie
08-13-2005, 08:16 AM
What the Hell is wrong with some people?
A great deal, apparently.
Easy Mac
08-13-2005, 08:21 AM
Oklahoma is quite the terrorist breeding ground. Lets bomb it.
B & B
08-13-2005, 09:11 AM
How would you like to be playing across the table from that poker face and then he brings up the fact that he builds pipe bombs in his spare time for fun?
CamEdwards
08-13-2005, 11:34 AM
I think it's not so much the fact that he's white, as much as it is the fact that he's best friends with a politician's son (former mayor who ran for U.S. Senate and lost).

And yeah, I'm completely pissed off that he's out on bail.