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Florida woman arrested after parents find 24 pipe bombs in her bedroom
By Robert Gearty | Fox News
Alarmed Florida parents of a 27-year-old woman called the sheriff’s office after finding two dozen pipe bombs in her bedroom, authorities said Friday.
They said the call Thursday led to the arrest of Michelle Louise Kolts on bomb-making charges.
"I can only imagine how hard it is to call in about any family member," Sheriff Chad Chronister said, according to Bloomingdale Patch.
Mugshot for Michelle Louise Kolts, 27, of Wimauma, Fla., who was arrested authorities said after her parents found two dozen pipe bombs in her bedroom. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office )
During a search of the house in Wimauma, investigators also seized pistol powder, knives, hatchets, nunchucks, BB pellet rifles and handguns and books and DVDs on murder, mass killing, bomb-making and domestic terrorism, Fox 13 Tampa reported.
Chronister said Kolts admitted to making the pipe bombs and planned to use them to hurt people without being specific, according to the station.
Photos show items seized by deputies who arrested Michelle Louise Kolts on charges of making 24 pipe bombs. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office )
"We're not aware of any type of hit list," he said. "Her statements are very generic."
Deputies spoke to Kolts a year ago over an online order of bomb-making manuals and anarchy manifestos, Fox 13 reported.
"She became consumed with the Columbine and Oklahoma killings," the sheriff said, according to the station. "At that time, she wasn't diagnosed with any type of mental health diagnosis. She stated, at that time, her intentions were not to harm anyone. Her parents said she was a little on the autism spectrum."
But it was not clear at the time of publication if that had relevance to the latest charges.
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