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DOJ: Richlands man charged for lying about amputated hand related to explosives at Tazewell County home
WJHL News ^ | June 5, 2020 | by: Murry Lee

Posted on 06/05/2020 12:06:09 PM PDT by 11th_VA

TAZEWELL COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – A Richlands man is charged with lying to federal agents after investigators say he lied about how he was injured and whether or not he was in possession of explosives.

According to a release from the Department of Justice, Cole Carini, 23, was arrested Thursday and charged with one count of lying to federal agents.

Court documents say Carini went to a health clinic in Richlands on Wednesday with the following injuries:

- An amputated hand

- Amputated fingers on the other hand

- Shrapnel wounds to the throat and neck

The release told officers at the hospital that he had suffered the injuries during a lawnmower accident at his home.

A search was conducted at Carini’s home, during which investigators saw that his lawn was overgrown, and the lawnmower did not appear to have been used recently.

According to the release, investigators did find evidence of an explosion that was more consistent with the injuries that Carini had suffered.

Agents on the scene allegedly found “significant quantities of what is believed to be Triacetone Triperoxide, an explosive substance used in the creation of improvised explosive devices.”

During a second questioning, Carini again insisted that he had been injured when his lawnmower flipped over while mowing the grass.

The release says he also said he had no explosives in his home.

The investigation is ongoing and is being conducted by the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Virginia State Police, the Richlands Police Department and the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: acetoneperoxide; colecarini; richlands; tazewellcounty; virginia
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Wonder what his DU name is ...
1 posted on 06/05/2020 12:06:09 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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Triacetone Triperoxide, an explosive substance used in the creation of improvised explosive devices.

Sounds like they're getting ready to take this to another level ...

2 posted on 06/05/2020 12:08:11 PM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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Amputated? he blew it off!
He won’t do it again ;)


3 posted on 06/05/2020 12:08:23 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: 11th_VA

Amputated? he blew it off!
He won’t do it again ;)


4 posted on 06/05/2020 12:08:23 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: 11th_VA

Antifa.

Dumb Antifa.

But I repeat myself.


5 posted on 06/05/2020 12:14:09 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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Antifa?


6 posted on 06/05/2020 12:14:11 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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How did they cuff him when he was arrested?


7 posted on 06/05/2020 12:14:43 PM PDT by steel_resolve (Stephen Miller is my spirit animal)
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He done blowed real good ...

8 posted on 06/05/2020 12:16:35 PM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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“Here, hold muh meth and watch this”...


9 posted on 06/05/2020 12:19:22 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: MileHi

Tazewell county Va is not exactly an urban area. I expect he was not antifi but rather had the Governor of Virgina who is a racist marxist destroyer of Virginia.

I suspect the was home made and being very sensitive exploded as he was making an IED.

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TATP has been used in bomb and suicide attacks and in improvised explosive devices, including the London bombings on 7 July 2005, where four suicide bombers killed 52 people and injured more than 700.[37][38][39][40] It was one of the explosives used by the “shoe bomber” Richard Reid[41][42][40] in his 2001 failed shoe bomb attempt and was used by the suicide bombers in the November 2015 Paris attacks,[43] 2016 Brussels bombings,[44] Manchester Arena bombing, June 2017 Brussels attack,[45] Parsons Green bombing,[46] the Surabaya bombings,[47] and the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings.[48][49] Hong Kong police claim to have found 2 kg (4.4 lb) of TATP among weapons and protest materials in July 2019, when mass protests were taking place against a proposed law allowing extradition to mainland China.[50]

TATP shockwave overpressure is 70% of that for TNT, the positive phase impulse is 55% of the TNT equivalent. TATP at 0.4 g/cm3 has about one-third of the brisance of TNT (1.2 g/cm3) measured by the Hess test.[51]

TATP is attractive to terrorists because it is easily prepared from readily available retail ingredients, such as hair bleach and nail polish remover.[43] It was also able to evade detection because it is one of the few high explosives that do not contain nitrogen,[52] and could therefore pass undetected through standard explosive detection scanners, which were hitherto designed to detect nitrogenous explosives.[53] By 2016, explosives detectors had been modified to be able to detect TATP, and new types were developed.[54][55]

Legislative measures to limit the sale of hydrogen peroxide concentrated to 12% or higher have been made in the European Union.[56]

A key disadvantage is the high susceptibility of TATP to accidental detonation, causing workplace accidents and “own goals” among illegal bomb-makers, which has led to TATP being referred to as the “Mother of Satan”.[55][52] TATP was found in the accidental explosion that preceded the 2017 terrorist attacks in Barcelona and surrounding areas.[57]

Large-scale TATP synthesis is often betrayed by excessive bleach-like or fruity smells. This smell can even penetrate into clothes and hair in amounts that are quite noticeable. A person who has


10 posted on 06/05/2020 12:22:44 PM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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Yeah, my very first guess would be “lawnmower accident.”


11 posted on 06/05/2020 12:23:42 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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“This smell can even penetrate into clothes and hair in amounts that are quite noticeable.”

Between the unique smell and the lack of blood and flesh in the lawn mower, you’d think the investigators would have all they need. That and the deep, uncut grass.


12 posted on 06/05/2020 12:26:46 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: 11th_VA

Two words - “I forgot.”


13 posted on 06/05/2020 12:28:48 PM PDT by Ken H (Best SOTU ever!)
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The release says he also said he had no explosives in his home.

Not any more.

14 posted on 06/05/2020 12:28:57 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("The natives are growing restless")
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To: 11th_VA

Cole, is that the best you can do for a lie?
C’mon, Man!
I know six year old’s who could make up better alibis.


15 posted on 06/05/2020 12:30:50 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

All the excuses are given no credibility. The investigators know the story with out being told anything.


16 posted on 06/05/2020 12:31:12 PM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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“The release told officers at the hospital that he had suffered the injuries during a lawnmower accident at his home.”

Doctors are incredibly adept at determining mechanism of injury. They definitely know the difference between a lawn mower accident and an explosion injury.


17 posted on 06/05/2020 12:32:14 PM PDT by suthener
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To: 11th_VA

Looks right.


18 posted on 06/05/2020 12:33:53 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: 11th_VA

He will have plenty of explosives around his house by the time the FBI and the of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives get through planting them.


19 posted on 06/05/2020 12:35:03 PM PDT by sport
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Kinda wonder if that loose hand saved his life by slapping him in the neck.


20 posted on 06/05/2020 12:36:05 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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