{"id":71797,"date":"2016-05-20T13:21:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T20:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=71797"},"modified":"2016-05-20T13:55:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T20:55:46","slug":"lancaster-man-gets-16-years-for-homemade-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/05\/20\/lancaster-man-gets-16-years-for-homemade-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster man gets 16 years for homemade bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_67245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67245\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67245 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Explosive-devices-Lancaster-10.15.15-1.jpg\" alt=\"Three duplexes on the 45300 block of 10th Street West in Lancaster were evacuated on Oct. 15, 2015, after deputies .discovered an explosive device in a vehicle driven by Vernon Smith. He was sentenced May 19 to 16 years in prison in connection with the incident. [photo by LUIS MEZA]\" width=\"672\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Explosive-devices-Lancaster-10.15.15-1.jpg 672w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Explosive-devices-Lancaster-10.15.15-1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three duplexes on the 45300 block of 10th Street West in Lancaster were evacuated on Oct. 15, 2015, after deputies discovered an improvised explosive device in a vehicle driven by Vernon Russell Smith. He was sentenced May 19, 2016, to 16 years in prison in connection with the incident. [photo by LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER &#8211; A 52-year-old Lancaster man who was caught with an improvised explosive device that he planned to detonate at the home of his ex-girlfriend and her husband was sentenced Thursday \u00a0to 16 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vernon Russell Smith<\/strong> pleaded no contest last month to a felony count of attempting to explode a destructive device with intent to injure, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/da.lacounty.gov\/media\/news\/lancaster-man-sentenced-planning-use-ied-ex-girlfriend\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles County District Attorney&#8217;s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The case stems from an incident that occurred in Lancaster on Oct. 15, 2015. <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/10\/15\/bomb-squad-called-after-lancaster-traffic-stop-2-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more here<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Smith was pulled over by a sheriff&#8217;s deputy after making an illegal U-turn near 10th Street West and Avenue H-12.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy discovered that Smith was in possession of an explosive device made from a petroleum liquid and gun powder, laced with staples, according to Deputy District Attorney Steven Mac.<\/p>\n<p>Three duplexes in the area were evacuated as a precaution while deputies waited for the sheriff\u2019s Arson\/Explosives Detail to respond.<\/p>\n<p>Further investigation determined that Smith planned to use the homemade bomb on his ex-girlfriend and her husband, according to the prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>The case was investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department, Lancaster Station.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Previous related story<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/10\/15\/bomb-squad-called-after-lancaster-traffic-stop-2-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bomb squad called after Lancaster traffic stop, 2 arrested<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; A 52-year-old Lancaster man who was caught with an improvised explosive device that he planned to detonate at the home of his ex-girlfriend and her husband was sentenced Thursday \u00a0to 16 years in prison. Vernon Russell Smith pleaded no contest last month to a felony count of attempting to explode a destructive device [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}