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A Florida man's alleged explosive experimentation went up in smoke this weekend after a Facebook video in which he reportedly ignited a homemade pipe bomb was viewed by deputies who promptly arrested him.
Christopher Green, 25, of Orange City, was charged with making a destructive device using stump remover, sugar and a small metal pipe in connection with Saturday's incident, which spurred a minor evacuation after a projectile landed in a neighbor's yard. No one was injured.
Deputies arrested Green after questioning him and viewing the video on his Facebook page, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
"The video showed Green concocting a pasty substance in a pot on his kitchen stove, then going outside and lighting the pipe with the substance in it," the news release said. “After a few seconds, the pipe took off and flew away.”
Green is heard saying in the video: “Let’s see what happens when I ignite it inside of our rocket engine.”
“Wow,” he says after the pipe is lit.
As the device disappears from view, Green continues to narrate the flight: “And it has left the yard.”
Green told the deputies he was making smoke bombs.
His next-door neighbor Vikki Johnson reported hearing a loud hissing noise and seeing white smoke when the device landed in her yard, WESH-TV reported.
Florida man accused of building pipe bomb, posting video of it to Facebook
Florida deputies say they arrested a man over the weekend after he was seen in a Facebook video igniting a homemade pipe bomb that flew into a neighbor’s yard and forced the evacuation of several homes.
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