Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A Florida man who is accused of building explosive devices as part of an end-of-the-world plan to kill federal agents may have stashed weapons in a hidden bunker, the FBI said.
The Tampa Bay Times reports that Martin Howard Winters, 55, remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous.
The FBI on Tuesday announced a $5,000 reward for information leader to his arrest.
“Mr. Winters is very familiar with this area, especially wooded areas,” FBI spokesman David Couvertier said Tuesday. “He knows the terrain. He knows the best places to hide, the best places to track, to move, when to move. So we suspect that he does have specific sites that he’s very comfortable with, and he may have supplies there or know the terrain so well that he can hide.”
Agents were close to capturing Winters Monday, when the suspect was able to elude police following a high-speed chase.
“The way it was described — there was steam coming out of the engine, so that tells you how hard he was pushing that vehicle,” Couvertier said.
