Overview
- Following Monday’s early-morning booms, White Plains police and federal bomb teams secured a small explosive outside 11 Odell Ave., ordered residents to shelter in place, and later said there was no ongoing threat as one of two detained people was treated as a witness.
- Investigators searching a first-floor unit at that address reported finding supplies to make explosives and 25 complete pipe bombs.
- Raymond Elders, 65, was arrested on federal counts including use of a weapon of mass destruction and was ordered held in custody Tuesday after a court appearance in White Plains.
- Prosecutors say surveillance video from March 18 shows a man identified as Elders lighting and throwing a device, and officers noted black-and-blue residue on his hands and a lighter when they arrested him.
- Officials reported no injuries or property damage, and neighbors said they had heard similar blasts for weeks as the city checked and cleared local transformers.