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Updated: 4:15 PM Jan 13, 2011
UPDATE: Charleston Man Sentenced for Bombs and Firearms
William Anderson was sentenced Thursday for having bombs and firearms.
Posted: 4:15 PM Jan 13, 2011Reporter: Anna Baxter, Jeremy Edwards Email Address: anna.baxter@wsaz.com, jeremy.edwards@wsaz.com |
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UPDATE: Monday, 1/13/2011 4:10 p.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A man from Charleston who was found with firearms and bombs, will escape jail time.
William Anderson was sentenced Thursday to two years home confinement.
Back in june, Anderson was spotted walking along Madison Street with a shotgun in his jacket.
That is when they found two bombs, a fuse, black powder and ammo inside his car.
UPDATE: Monday, 12/14/2010 12:20 p.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Bombs, guns and ammunition, that's what police found in a Charleston's man car over the summer.
Now he has admitted that they were his. William Anderson pleaded guilty to wanton endangerment.
Back in June, Anderson was spotted walking along Madison Street with a shotgun in his jacket. That is when they found two bombs, a fuse, black powder and ammo inside his car.
He will be sentenced January 13th.
UPDATE: Monday, 8/23/2010 9:00 p.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A man from Charleston accused of having explosives in his car, says he is innocent.
William Anderson was arrested back in June after police say they found two bombs, a fuse, black powder and ammo in his car along madison street.
He also allegedly had a shotgun hidden in his pants.
Anderson has been charged with possessing an illegal explosive device and wanton endangerment.
He pleaded not guilty to those charges Monday and his trial has been set for October 4th.
ORIGINAL STORY
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A neighborhood on Charleston's west side was evacuated after police found a man with two bombs and several firearms in his car.
The incident happened early Monday morning in the 1000 block of Madison Street.
William Allen Anderson II, 45, of Charleston, was arrested and charged early Monday morning after police found two bombs, a fuse, black powder and ammo inside his car, according to the complaint. Investigators also say Anderson had several firearms in his possession.
According to the criminal complaint, Anderson was walking on Madison Street when a neighbor saw him with a shotgun in his jacket. Just minutes later, Anderson fell on his porch, dropped the gun and told his daughter to call police, according to the complaint.
Police say when they got on scene Anderson didn't follow orders at first, but later gave them the firearms in his possession and got on the ground.
Anderson is charged with several crimes, including two counts of having an explosive, carrying a concealed weapon, brandishing and obstructing officer.
"He had several weapons, a couple were shotguns, several assault rifles, a large caliber handgun and 1,000s of rounds of ammunition and the two bombs," Sergeant S.A. Cooper said.
No one was hurt during the incident. Police say they're still investigating the case and a motive has not been released.
A portion of Madison Street was evacuated as a precaution around 1:30 a.m. Monday, but everything got back to normal around 5:00 a.m.
"We are very thankful, no one was hurt," Sergeant Cooper said.
Latest Comments
Hopefully sanity will prevail and this man will be sent to a mental institution instead of a prison. Prison is a place where he'll most likely only wish he could still have all those firearms and weapons at the ready. So, I say we send him to a place where he feels safe.
How stupid is the legal system. The man makes bombs so we will make him set around the house where he can make more bombs. He looks so stable and all. I mean he obviously has no sense of what is legal or immoral so our legal system is basically an enabler.
He doesn't live on the west side, and he wasn't going to make a friendly visit. Pretty sure he has no weapons permit. He was at a known drughouse. Need I say more.....time will tell
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