Lonnie Glinski is being held without bail at the Marion County Jail. He is scheduled to appear in Marion County Court at 8:30 AM Wednesday.
(SALEM) - Salem police on Tuesday arrested a Sweet Home man in connection with a string of pipe bombs found in Salem and Dallas on August 10th.
44-year-old Lonnie Troy Glinski, was arrested at his home and charged with seven counts of attempted aggravated murder, and four counts of possession of a destructive device.
Investigators said the bombs were large, sophisticated and powerful enough to kill the drivers of those cars.
Glinski's live-in girlfriend Laurie Girtman was also arrested and charged with hindering prosecution.
The first pipe bomb was found just before noon August 10th underneath a parked car parked at Salem Hospital.
Then at 12:15 PM another was found underneath a parked car parked at the Roth’s IGA on Lancaster Drive NE.
Then a third suspected bomb was found by a motorist at 5:31 PM in an intersection next to 6100 Woodside Drive SE. In this case, the pipe bomb was found laying in the roadway.
Later that night at 7:45 PM a pipe bomb was found on a vehicle in the Tyco Electronics plant parking lot.
No one was injured by the pipe bombs.
Glinski was being held without bail at the Marion County Jail. He is scheduled to appear in Marion County Court at 8:30 AM Wednesday.
The pipe bomb task force included officers from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Oregon State Police, FBI, Marion County Sheriff's Office, Marion County District Attorney's Office, Dallas Police Department, Polk County Sheriff's Office, Linn County Sheriff's Office and Salem Police.
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