A man who is accused of placing a pipe bomb under his landlord’s lawnmower has just received a new set of charges for planting an explosive under another vehicle, police say.
According to Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole W. Ziccarelli’s Office, James Sever, 54, received nearly 40 new charges on Thursday. Among them are attempted criminal homicide and 17 counts of aggravated assault, 17 counts of recklessly endangering another person, weapons of mass destruction, risking catastrophe and possessing an instrument of crime.
These charges stem from an incident that happened on Aug. 14 when police found a suspicious item and debris on an off-ramp of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Irwin…