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On 23 August 2024, at approximately 1330 hours local time, New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers discovered a grenade during an investigation at an apartment complex on the 600 block of Arnow Avenue in the Bronx. The NYPD Bomb Squad was called to assist, and bomb squad technicians removed the device. No further information has been released.
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On 18 August 2024, at approximately 2045 hours local time, a pyrotechnic device was thrown into a porta-potty at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Dracut, starting a fire inside. The blaze severely damaged the mobile bathroom. Dracut Fire Department crews responded and extinguished the blaze. The incident was captured on surveillance video, and the Dracut Police Department and the Fire Department are working to identify the suspect. The investigation is ongoing.
On 28 August 2024, at approximately 1300 hours local time, a man unsuccessfully attempted to access the mayor’s office at Jeanerette City Hall in Jeanerette. The suspect then functioned a “delayed” improvised incendiary device (IID) outside of the building before fleeing the scene on a bicycle. The blaze from the IID caused minimal damage to the building, and no injuries were reported. The 41-year-old male suspect was arrested and charged with aggravated arson and manufacture and possession of delayed action incendiary devices.
On 24 August 2024, at approximately 2200 hours local time, Honolulu Police Department (HPD) officers responded to a residence on Koolani Drive in Mililani Mauka, after a neighbor reported seeing the suspect carrying an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail. Upon the arrival of HPD officers, the suspect barricaded himself inside his house and refused to exit. Officers checked the outside of the home and discovered an unspecified explosive device that had been ignited and was still smoldering.
On 22 August 2024, at approximately 1030 hours local time, Baldwin Park Police Department officers and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad technicians responded to Los Angeles Street in Baldwin Park after four hand grenades were found on a sidewalk next to a tree. Bomb squad technicians rendered the devices safe before removing them for later disposal. It is unclear who owns the devices and how they appeared on the ground.
On 8 June 2024, at approximately 0324 hours local time, a suspect carrying a 5-gallon container inserted a hose into an ATM before an explosion occurred within the ATM on Governor Drive in San Diego. The suspect unsuccessfully attempted to extract money from the ATM and fled the scene. San Diego Police Department (SDPD) officers responded to the scene, where they discovered two PVC pipes connected to each other with two batteries taped to them, as well as what appeared to be a “balloon” around the ATM.
On 8 August 2024, Tyler County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Texas Department of Public Safety personnel, and ATF agents discovered bomb-making material (BMM) and a drug lab while searching a home in Fred. Authorities found a threaded pipe and gunpowder, guns, 30 pounds of suspected marijuana, 147 grams of suspected psychedelic mushrooms, and several trash bags full of prescription pills, among other drugs. Two suspects, a 37-year-old man and woman, were arrested on drug charges.
On 9 August 2024, at approximately 2309 hours local time, Streetsboro Police Department officers responded to a park in Streetsboro after a nearby resident heard an explosion and reported hearing similar explosions on three other occasions. Police officers discovered the remains of several plastic containers and an intact plastic jug filled with an unknown liquid in the parking lot. Initial evaluations by investigators determined that the devices were chemical overpressure devices described as “Drano bombs.” Two additional devices that had not yet functioned were also found.
