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LUBBOCK MAN SENTENCED TO 71 MONTHS
IN FEDERAL PRISON, WITHOUT PAROLE, ON
FEDERAL FIREARMS CONVICTION

Defendant Had a Homemade Explosive Device in His Vehicle

Jeremy Lynn Womack of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced today to 71 months imprisonment for possession of an unregistered firearm, announced United States Attorney Richard B. Roper. Womack, age 27, pled guilty in July to the offense.

Jeremy Lynn Womack has been in custody since a traffic stop by Lubbock Police Officers on the morning of April 4, 2006. During that traffic stop at 12:30 a.m., Womack appeared to be nervous and refused the officer’s request to search his vehicle. The officer requested that a narcotics detection canine officer and his canine check the vehicle. The canine “Nexo” alerted on several areas of the vehicle and a search found a green backpack in the front passenger seat. Inside the backpack, Lubbock Police Department officers discovered a cylinder-shaped object that was suspected to be an improvised explosive device. Bomb Squad officers from the Lubbock Police Department and special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were called and the device was removed and rendered safe. Womack admitted that he knew he possessed an improvised explosive device.

An analysis of the device determined it was a homemade explosive device with an explosive powder, bird shot pellets, and screws designed to be ignited by a homemade fuse fashioned from a string soaked in an accelerant. An ATF special agent determined that the destructive device in Womack’s possession was, or could readily have been put in, operating condition. According to the criminal complaint filed in the case, that same day, Womack’s estranged wife contacted the Lubbock Police Department showing them a text message sent to her by Jeremy Lynn Womack that threatened to kill himself and her.

That text message was sent approximately 45 minutes before the traffic stop and Womack was headed in the direction of his estranged wife’s residence at the time of the stop.

U.S. Attorney Roper praised the investigative efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Lubbock Police Department, and the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jeffrey R. Haag.

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