Man arrested after his girlfriend kicked him out and police found enough C-4 to be considered a ‘weapon of mass destruction’

A case that first looked like a disturbing neighborhood police response in The Villages has now grown into a much bigger investigation involving stolen military explosives, a North Carolina arrest, and the FBI.

In her WFTV Channel 9 report, Daralene Jones said investigators now believe a man brought suspected military explosives from North Carolina to his parents’ home in Sumter County, Florida, where authorities later searched the property and evacuated part of the neighborhood.

Channel 9 anchors Greg Warmoth and Martha Sugalski introduced the update by reminding viewers that law enforcement had already responded earlier this month to a home on Yucatan Way in The Villages…

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