I believe the world record in foolish creativity by an engineer is held by George Gobel.
His technique for lighting a barbeque grill in 3 seconds using liquid oxygen is the gold standard.
-ccm
Posted on 05/13/2004 6:01:13 PM PDT by WKB
ATF, Army help remove materials from campus apartment
Mississippi State University police on Wednesday charged a 20-year-old student with possession of explosives after officers discovered explosive materials in the student's on-campus apartment.
Christopher F. Horromon, 20, of 63 Arbour Acres, MSU, was being held in the Oktibbeha County Jail Wednesday night on a charge of possession of explosives. Bond for Horromon had not been set as of Wednesday night.
Horromon and another man, who was not arrested and later released, were questioned most of the afternoon Wednesday, said MSU Police Department officials. The man was found to be visiting Horromon from out of town, officials said.
MSU officers and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents searched the apartment -- No. 63 in Building 6 at the on-campus Arbour Acres complex -- after custodial workers from the university's Department of Housing and Residence Life called police shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday.
The two custodians had gone to the apartment to clean it and, upon entering, noticed a strong smell of gasoline in the apartment and found the two men lying in the second-floor hallway of the apartment, said Ann Bailey, MSU director of housing and residence life.
Fearing the two were unconscious, the custodians contacted MSU police officers and Housing Department officials, who, in turn contacted the Starkville Fire Department and paramedics.
The two young men were later found to be asleep, and the gasoline smell had come from the carpet, which was saturated with the fuel from a leaking motorcycle and moped in the apartment, officials said.
The two were sleeping the hallway because the bedrooms in the apartment were packed full of their belongings, said MSU Police Chief Tom Johnson.
While in the apartment, officers and emergency workers discovered containers of flammable fuel and three suspicious devices later determined to contain explosive chemicals, Johnson said.
"We knew what we were looking at, so we evacuated the apartment and all the other apartments in the building and got control of the scene," Johnson said. "We called ATF and an Army team from Camp Shelby to handle the materials."
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment from Camp Shelby removed the explosive material from the apartment, and it was being taken by ATF agents to be tested, Johnson said.
Neither Johnson, the ATF agents nor the Army explosive technicians would comment on the type of materials found in the apartment, though Johnson did say they were chemicals. They also would not comment on the type of devices or objects in which the materials were encased.
After the explosive materials were removed, MSU police investigators conducted a thorough search of the apartment to ensure that all dangerous materials had been removed, Johnson said.
Officers continued working into the evening hours Wednesday.
Few students remain on the MSU campus following the close of the spring semester last week, but Robinson said the students being house at Arbour Acres were staying there between academic terms. The summer term is scheduled to begin in two weeks.
The five or six students evacuated from Building 6 were being housed free of charge in Herbert Hall until the apartment in question was cleaned and the building cleared for safe reentry, Robinson said.
Johnson would not comment on whether additional charges may be filed in the incident, but did say the investigation is continuing.
Jay Perry and Charlie Winfield, attorneys representing Horromon and the other man in the apartment, were present at the apartment complex during the search late Wednesday afternoon, but would not comment on what had been found or the arrest.
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Interesting. Arbor Acres is graduate housing, so apparently these guys lived in the dorms and were moved to Arbor Acres during spring cleaning. Immediately after 9-11 there was a big commotion on campus after a student in the dorms tossed some kind of explosive out the window which exploded harmlessly in the air. (it was much bigger than a firecracker). I wonder if the two are somehow connected. All things considered, MSU is an engineering school, and bored engineering students can be foolishly creative at times. Another factor to consider is the mosque about a mile away from campus. MSU has a large islamic and commie Chinese presence.
First, Jackie Sheril and now this.....(sigh)
Got that right. My eldest daughter (now graduated) lived right up the street from the mosque. Not a nice place.
http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/index.php?function=view_thread&threadid=218958&p=12
A mosque in Starkvegas????? Now that's strange.
He's not listed in the online student directory which is unusual.
What nationality is the name Horromon?
Strange but true. The middle eastern men and chinese were the most despised students on campus, even among foreign students. The arogance was palpable.
Have you moved to Vicksburg? I start work there in 10 days.
Not yet.
House is in escrow.
Set to close in June/July.
What we have here is probably schizophrenia compounded with too much time at internet videogames PLUS an appetite for lots and lots of anime.
Good Luck! We'll fire a salute when you arrive. lol
Mosque????
Figured the locals would have put a stop to that stuff.
I believe the world record in foolish creativity by an engineer is held by George Gobel.
His technique for lighting a barbeque grill in 3 seconds using liquid oxygen is the gold standard.
-ccm
Motorcycle in his room and gasoline all over the place? He sounds more like a nerd than a terrorist to me. I'd say the police overreacted.
I have no idea what that is?
Yeah! LOL!
House is near to downtown.
MAYBE I can hear yall?
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