2 Pa. men had 17 homemade explosives after device detonated near polling place
A father and son who had 17 illegal homemade explosives were charged after a device detonated near a polling place in Lehigh County, according to a criminal complaint.
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A father and son who had 17 illegal homemade explosives were charged after a device detonated near a polling place in Lehigh County, according to a criminal complaint.
Jack Pletz, accused along with his father of causing an explosion outside a polling place in Catasauqua, has turned himself in to police.
Police say a father and son set off an explosive device near a polling place in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. Matthew Pletz, the father, is in custody, but police are looking for his 24-year-old son, Jack Pletz. CBS News Philadelphia's Liz Crawford reports.
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No one was injured when the explosive device detonated Tuesday near the polling place located in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District in Catasauqua.
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