What’s Wrong With Tossing Around The Nerf And Doing Some Fishing?
I guess this is what people use Nerf balls for these days:
Cops yesterday revealed the chilling arsenal of pipe bombs allegedly fashioned by a Bulgarian immigrant in Brooklyn Heights — including a Nerf football stuffed with nails and a device designed to hang from a ceiling and rain down deadly ball bearings when detonated.
Ivaylo Ivanov, 37, was indicted on more than 100 counts of weapons charges in that case and another involving hate crimes stemming from him allegedly scrawling swastikas and anti-Semitic statements on local synagogues.
Police said they do not yet know if Ivanov, who is Jewish, was planning an attack on area Jews with the weaponry. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said investigators are poring over “voluminous” material seized from Ivanov’s computer looking for clues as to what he planned to do with the weaponry.
Investigators have not found any bomb-making literature, but “Ivanov clearly knew what he was doing,” said NYPD bomb-squad commander Lt. Mark Torie.
An array of artillery, including a sniper rifle, machine gun, silencers and pistols, were taken from the fourth-floor apartment on Remsen Street — a historic brownstone-lined block in one of Brooklyn’s wealthiest neighborhoods.
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Ivanov has told cops that the guns were for protection and that he wanted to bring the bombs on a fishing trip and explode them under water.
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Cops said Ivanov also distributed anti-Semitic pamphlets while making his rounds as a dogwalker.
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Posted: January 28th, 2008 | Filed under: Brooklyn, Makes Jack Bauer Scream, "Dammit!"