Friday, October 08, 2010
Police Say Bomb Was No Hoax
WEST VIRGINIA....
Around 6:30 P.M. Friday, Charleston Police arrested 51 year old Vernon Maurice Channell of Beckley and charged him with bank robbery, unlawful possession of explosive materials and wanton endangerment involving explosive materials or incendiary devices. Police say he entered the City National Bank on Harper Road in Beckley Thursday claiming to have a bomb and demanding money, while threatening to blow up the bank. He then fled the bank and made his escape on a bicycle but left behind a device which was safely destroyed by a State Police bomb technician. Police say the device did have the potential to explode.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:53 AM 
