ARREST MADE IN LEE CO. EXPLOSIVES INVESTIGATION
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has announced an arrest in connection to an investigation concerning explosive devices.
(Lee Co. Jail)
Authorities were called out on Wednesday to the intersection of Bowers Street and County Road 425 in Dime Box, where the devices were located and collected.
The sheriff’s office said on Thursday that it executed a search and arrest warrant at a location in Burleson County, alongside other local, state and federal agencies.
72-year-old Randolph Michael Young was taken into custody without incident. After being taken to a local hospital for unrelated medical treatment, he was booked into the Lee County Jail on an outstanding warrant for Possession of a Prohibited Weapon – Explosives, a third degree felony.
Lee County Sheriff Garrett Durrenberger thanks all assisting agencies for their coordinated response during the incident, including:
- Texas Department of Public Safety Special Response Team
- Texas Department of Public Safety Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
- Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol
- Texas Rangers
- Austin Police Department Bomb Squad
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
- Burleson County Sheriff's Office
- Burleson St. Joseph EMS
- Lee County Constable Precincts 2 and 4
- Lee County Emergency Management
- Giddings Fire Department
- Dime Box Fire Department
- Lee County EMS
- Lee County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2
- Lee County Attorney's Office
- Burleson County Attorney's Office
Investigation remains ongoing.