Cops: Michigan Man Plotted To Bomb Satanic Temple

Grand Rapids’ ABC affiliate reports:

Luke Isaac Terpstra, a 30-year-old in Grant, was arraigned on Jan. 4 for building homemade explosive devices, then trying to get rid of them, according to Grant Police. Court documents show that the Kent County Sheriff’s Office received a tip on Jan. 2 from Terpstra’s mother that explosives had possibly been thrown away in the garbage receptacle at her son’s address in Grant.

Michigan State Police used robots to search through garbage cans, and found what the bomb squad referred to as improvised explosives with the intent to harm people. They say some the devices were wrapped in shrapnel. One of the jars even had ammunition wrapped around it in tape so that when it exploded, rifle rounds would go through the air. Terpstra’s mother told police her son has been experiencing “mental issues,” according to court docs.

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A 30-year-old Michigan man was arrested for making “homemade explosive devices”… which he was planning to use at The Satanic Temple’s headquarters in Salem, MA.https://t.co/xCB8Rw4Vrk

— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) January 12, 2024