Man Arrested for Planting Bomb Under Gas Pipeline in Oklahoma

By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com

Federal authorities say a man arrested Friday for planting an improvised explosive device under a gas pipeline in Oklahoma wasn’t connected to a terrorist group and was not a disgruntled worker, according to CNN.

Daniel Wells Herriman, 40, was arrested Seminole County, Ok. Two employees of Enerfin Resources spotted the device and called authorities, CNN reported.

A criminal complaint stated that Herriman called the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office 911 line to turn himself in and said: “I set the bomb under the pipeline in Okemah.”

Herriman allegedly told investigators he set the bomb tot go off in the middle of the night, but it failed to detonate. No motive was mentioned in the criminal complaint.

Leave a Reply