MUNCIE, Ind. – Police say a man left two active pipe bombs outside of his ex-girlfriend's home in Muncie Thursday morning.
Police say a woman found the box outside her home that was addresed to her and thought it was suspicious so she took it to a nearby business where they called the authorities.
Deputies were called near PDQ Taxi at 200 S. Madison Street to investigate a suspicious package. Once they arrived they determined that the package was a live explosive.
The bombs were safely deactivated.
The woman told police that she had recently broken up with Lionel Mackey, 38, and he had threatened to blow her and her school bus up.
Police searched Mackey's home and found several items that are consistent with the manufacturing of explosive device.
Mackey was taken into custody and is facing charges of placing an explosive device, manufacturing a destructive device, attempted aggravated battery, intimidation with a deadly weapon and invasion of privacy.
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