Bomb scare

At 9:36 a.m. last Sunday, an officer was following up on a burglary case when a 50-year-old male property owner stated he found a pipe bomb in a bedroom of an empty building. Officers notified the Natrona Bomb Squad and Deputy John Wienke removed the object, pictured here. Upon inspection, it was determined to be an "impact driver device" that had failed. There was a spring found inside that would ignite out the end. It is an explosive device, and the matter is still under investigation.