Posted on 03/30/2006 7:13:53 AM PST by MplsSteve
Four members of a family from Frost, Minn., were arrested Tuesday after authorities found 114 explosive devices and more than 20 pounds of explosive materials inside their home and buried in their yard.
The suspects are a mother and father and their 19- and 15-year-old sons, authorities said. Faribault County authorities said the suspects are linked to a half-dozen mailbox explosions in rural Freeborn County over the past few months
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Cripes, I think most of us have done stupid things in our younger years - but this is different. It sounds like the entire family is involved! These parents don't sound like they were being good role models for their children.
Opinions or comments - anyone?
A family that blows up mailboxes together serves times together.
Are they Muslims?
Very strange, all those explosives just to blow up mailboxes?
LOL.
In that part of Minnesota? Probably not.
Probably white or an outside chance at Hispanic.
Fundamentaist Lutherans?...........
OOPS!...Fundamentalist.........
LOL!
Can't rule that out either!
Two adults...two kids...explosives in Minnisota? Blowing up mailboxes? Something doesn't make sense here. I'd make sure both adults spend at least 3 years in prison.
Very strange, all those explosives just to blow up mailboxes?"
Practice for something bigger?
Stealing the important mail and blowing up the rest to cover up evidence?
Lots of things come to mind, most of them unpleasant.
"Police arrested four members of the Yahnke family for the operation – Marvin Yahnke, 49, Shirly Yahnke, 38, Daniel Yahnke, 19, and a 15-year-old juvenile."
No.
and the news is making a huge deal of the "20 pounds of explosive material" in the house.
in reality 20 pounds of explosive material is nothing... stop by any farm in MN and you'll find a hell of a lot more than 20 pounds of 'explosive material'. How many re-loader have more than that in their house right now? sure - if it was 20 pounds of c-4 or some other 'specialized' explosive, that might be impressive - but I smell a serious liberal media spin on this one. And what exactly were the 100+ explosive devises? 100 rounds of ammo would be 100 'explosive devices'.
I'm not saying these people didn't do anything wrong - I just don't trust the damn media - especially not in MN...
ping
It's people like this that give Yankee's a bad name.
Damn Yahnkes!
I think its very strange that they didn't identify the family by name since they were arrested and will be charged.
Any ideas on why the Red Star might have left them out?
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I've had thousands of "explosive devices" at various times since I was eight or ten years old. We usually used them up during the forth of July or New Years. "Explosive materials" can cover a lot of things normally found around a home. Might be interesting to know what they had.
if you really wont to know what really was goin on in my house then email me cuz im the one that blew the porta potte with some friends in albert lea and im really sick of all the stupid things people are sayin about us
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