SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Federal agents in San Antonio shut down a bomb‑making lab Friday, arresting career criminal Dustin Jay Ammons, who authorities say used homemade pipe bombs to blast open ATM machines in a string of violent bank robberies.
The raid, carried out on a San Antonio home, resulted in the arrest of a suspect believed to have planted pipe bombs used in the robberies of ATMs at two San Antonio-area banks. On Friday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) arrested Dustin Jay Ammons, a career criminal, and discovered an explosives lab in his north San Antonio home, ATF officials stated.
According to the Department of Justice, Ammons is suspected of committing the robberies that occurred on September 12 and September 26, where pipe bombs were used to breach external ATMs at two San Antonio banks. The investigation led authorities to his northside home, where ATF agents, assisted by the FBI, San Antonio Police Department, and Bexar County Fire Department, converged to execute a search warrant on Friday…