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ETOILE \u2013 The Nacogdoches County Sheriff\u2019s Office said that a homemade bomb was found during a traffic stop near the former Etoile Independent School District campus on Monday night.<\/p>\nETOILE \u2013 The Nacogdoches County Sheriff\u2019s Office said that a homemade bomb was found during a traffic stop near the former Etoile Independent School District campus on Monday night.<\/p>\n
According to our news partner, deputies conducted a traffic stop near County Road 560 and FM 226 at around 10:15 p.m. on Monday because of an alleged motor vehicle violation. When the deputies approached the vehicle they allegedly smelled the odor of marijuana and saw multiple firearms in plain view, a sheriff\u2019s office press release said. The deputies and Texas Department of Public Safety state troopers searched the vehicle and reportedly found the following items: Two rifles, one of which was reported stolen, two handguns, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, suspected MDMA and a homemade explosive device.<\/p>\n
Deputies found the explosive device under the driver\u2019s seat and took it to a nearby home that they advised the residents to leave as a precaution, the press release revealed.<\/p>\n
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was contacted along with the Houston Police Department\u2019s bomb squad and the Tyler Fire Department\u2019s bomb squad. The bomb was ultimately inspected and disarmed, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Brandon Thomas Lightfoot, 28 of Etoile, Misti Michelle Fink, 32 of Etoile, and Melanie Marie Lyman, 38 of Etoile, were in the vehicle and were taken to the Nacogdoches County Jail on the following charges:<\/p>\n
Lightfoot was charged for possession of a controlled substance, possession of a prohibited weapon, theft of a firearm and unlawful carrying of a weapon. His total bond is $30,000.<\/p>\n
Fink was charged for possession of a controlled substance, theft of a firearm and unlawful carrying of a weapon. Her total bond is $20,000.
\nMelanie Marie Lyman, 38 of Etoile. Photo courtesy of the Nacogdoches County Jail.
\nLyman was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a controlled substance and theft of a firearm. Her total bond is $75,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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