Homemade bomb found; 4 men jailed

FLINT - Life started returning to normal Monday at Carriage Manor Mobile Home Park in Flint after police found a homemade bomb in one trailer, evacuated neighbors and arrested four men, including two from the park, on charges related to bomb making.

"We never had nothing like this happen," said Rose Schumacher, 73, who has lived in the park since 1982. "Never in my life did anything like this happen."

Four men - ranging in age from 20 to 25 - remained in the Genesee County Jail this morning after one called police, saying another member of the group planned to set off the bomb in the county administration building in downtown Flint.

No bomb was found in the county building after a search Monday morning, and Pickell said the men may not have actually planned to bring the 8-inch pipe bomb into the government offices.

But Pickell said bomb-making activities are still criminal and dangerous.

"I'm told (the bomb) had the capacity to kill and maim," Pickell said. "It could blow up this room and all of us in it."

County Prosecutor David Leyton said the man who made the call could face a charge of false reporting of a terrorist threat, a 20-year felony.

The others could face charges of possession of a bomb or bomb-making materials, a 15-year felony.

Pickell said officers also found evidence that could link the men to gangs or white supremacists, but that information still was being investigated.