DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines man who allegedly placed pipe bombs on a golf course over the summer has pled guilty.
On July 10 Waveland Golf Course in Des Moines was evacuated and shut down after an improvised explosive device, or IED, was discovered on the golf course by a golfer. The Des Moines Police Department Bomb Squad was called in to investigate the device, which was determined to be a pipe bomb, the DMPD said.
Out of abundance of caution, the pipe bomb was detonated where it was located, an area police said was rarely walked on. No injuries were reported, and no additional dangerous items were discovered.
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The DMPD said that evidence collected at that time pointed them to 41-year-old Michael James Valento, and a search warrant was executed at his home in the 5700 block of University Avenue the following day…