Crime & Safety
Man Caught With Bomb At Hyannis Group Home: Police
Homeless Not Hopeless, a group home in Hyannis, had to be cleared out, when police discovered a bomb inside one of the bedrooms.
HYANNIS, MA — A Hyannis man was arrested Tuesday morning after police said he was caught with a bomb at a group home on Baxter Road.
Around 6 a.m., police were called to Homeless Not Hopeless after a report a resident had a bomb in the building. After moving everyone to safety, police said they discovered there was a bomb in a bedroom belonging to Dorian Firth, 40.
Barnstable police conducted a search warrant with the help of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad, State Police detectives and agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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Firth was arrested and charged with possession of incendiary materials and felony possession of an incendiary device.
After collecting evidence, the Bomb Squad took the explosive and detonated it in a controlled environment.
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