Bomb Squad Called Over Repo Standoff

Macomb County, MI – September 10, 2024 – When a borrower is fighting to keep their car from being repossessed, they can get pretty desperate. One man’s efforts to scare off the Repo Man blew up in his face when they called in the bomb squad.

On Tuesday morning at about 9am, the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office arrived at a residence on the 24000 block of Bradford after a report of a suspicious device attached to a vehicle that was the subject of a repossession attempt.

The borrower, an unnamed 45-year-old township resident, had reportedly attached a propane tanks with wires wrapped around it to his vehicle and threatened that it would detonate of anyone touched it.

When police arrived, police found a propane tank was seated in the passenger seat of a vehicle with electrical wire running from the tank to the inside of the middle console. Another tank was found strapped to the front driver’s side wheel of the car with copper wire running underneath the vehicle as well as multiple signs were also posted on the vehicle that indicated the car would blow up if it was touched.

Upon investigation, officers took no risks and shut down the road and called in the Bomb Squad.

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Taking all precautions, the members of the squad investigated the device and were fortunate to find that the wire lead to nothing and was only a decoy intended to frighten away any potential repossessor.

The borrower was taken into custody without incident for the hoax and the sheriff’s office recommended charges of creating a device representing or presented as an explosive, which is a five-year felony.

Authorities have confirmed there was no danger to the community, and no evacuations were required during the investigation. The situation has since been resolved, but the legal ramifications for the unnamed individual are still pending.

Source: Country Herald