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PIPE BOMBS • Pipe bombs found in Nephi Home. Police arrested 18-year-old Jordan Black on suspicion of possession of an incendiary device. He has since been charged with six counts of second degree felony possession of an incendiary device. He will appear in Fourth District Court on those charges. Photo Nephi City Police Department.

By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent

Nephi City Police found six pipe bombs in a Nephi home Sunday.

The home was located at 595 South 100 West.

Police arrested 18-year-old Jordan Black on suspicion of possession of an incendiary device.

He has since been charged with six counts of second degree felony possession of an incendiary device. He will appear in Fourth District Court on those charges.

"The mother discovered two of the bombs and called her bishop for advice," said Nephi City Police Officer Bert Wright. "Officers were then contacted."

Officers responded to the home shortly after 5:30 p.m. after the Black's mother discovered two of the bombs in the basement of the home, Wright said.

Four more were located in a shed at the end of the carport.

Some residences around the home were evacuated as a precaution, and the bombs were removed and destroyed by Utah County bomb experts.

"We evacuated the residences close by," said Wright. "Utah County had asked that one home on each side be evacuated but we went deeper than that."

"We evacuated a safety zone around the home," Wright said.

He said police were helped by the fact that it was the evening of LDS Seminary graduation and many people were not home but were in attendance at that ceremony.

However, the Nephi City Fire Department and the East Juab Ambulance were called out. They remained on standby about one block away in case they might be needed.

After the two bombs were removed, a further search of the home was conducted. Police also found components for making pipe bombs, a homemade detonation device and three partially constructed pipe bombs, Wright said.

Black was taken to jail but has since posted bail.

"Our preliminary investigation indicates that the bombs were to be blown up in the desert and were not intended to harm anyone," said Wright.

In addition to the three-member Utah County Bomb Squad, other officers called to help were members of the Nephi City Police Department and the Juab County Sheriff's Office.