![]() ![]() Pittsburgh police investigating the incident retrieved video from a neighboring residence that showed an older model, white and possibly green, Chevy Silverado driving westbound on Penn Avenue when the device was thrown from a passenger window. The device, according to the FBI, contained nails, which penetrated the vehicle when it exploded.Īccording to the criminal complaint, the device was constructed with a Twisted Tea can, green cloth possibly from a Crown Royal bag, as well as nails, screws, car parts and a white powdery substance. on Sunday in the 3600 block of Penn Avenue causing damage to an unoccupied, parked Subaru Forester. Investigators said there was an explosion just before 9 p.m. A Pittsburgh man, who investigators said blew up a Porta-John in the city in November, is charged in federal court with throwing an explosive device from a moving vehicle in a separate incident Sunday night in Lawrenceville.Ĭharles Baker, 33, is charged with illegal possession of an unregistered destructive device and being a felon in possession of a destructive device after investigators said he turned himself in on Tuesday evening.īaker is in custody, and a detention hearing is scheduled for Jan.
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