Rhino
05-11-2006, 11:31 AM
N.C. Bomber Says He Aimed for Beaver Dam, Not Ex
Thursday, May 11, 2006
DURHAM, N.C. — A man who pleaded guilty to lobbing a homemade bomb at his girlfriend said he was actually aiming for a beaver dam. In the end, he was the only person injured, and he now faces 10 months in prison as well.
Otis Cecil Wilkins, 45, pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 300 days in jail. He had been charged with attempted first-degree murder.
According to sheriff's deputies, Wilkins had threatened the ex-girlfriend, then threw the bottle bomb at her car as she drove into her yard in Rougemont, N.C., about 30 miles north of Raleigh, N.C. Witnesses said the bomb exploded in "a large fireball," and then rolled back toward Wilkins, igniting his shorts.......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195129,00.html
Thursday, May 11, 2006
DURHAM, N.C. — A man who pleaded guilty to lobbing a homemade bomb at his girlfriend said he was actually aiming for a beaver dam. In the end, he was the only person injured, and he now faces 10 months in prison as well.
Otis Cecil Wilkins, 45, pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 300 days in jail. He had been charged with attempted first-degree murder.
According to sheriff's deputies, Wilkins had threatened the ex-girlfriend, then threw the bottle bomb at her car as she drove into her yard in Rougemont, N.C., about 30 miles north of Raleigh, N.C. Witnesses said the bomb exploded in "a large fireball," and then rolled back toward Wilkins, igniting his shorts.......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195129,00.html