Sheriff's officials: Man found homemade explosive on road, retrieved it, drove it to his workplace

WASHINGTON COUNTY -- The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office's bomb disposal unit on Thursday, July 21st was called out to a home in the Town of Addison in Washington County for a suspicious and possibly explosive device found on a rural road.

Upon deputies’ arrival, they found that an Addison resident had found a homemade explosive on a nearby road.

The man retrieved the object and drove it to his workplace -- where authorities responded and examined the device.

As is standard in these cases, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office was contacted and members of their bomb disposal unit responded to the call.

After deputies examined the object, they made the object safe, moving and dismantling it in a safe area.

The makeup and content of approximately one quarter pound of explosive material was deemed to be extremely dangerous to not only the builder(s) of the device, but anyone within proximity of the device upon detonation, with the potential of death or substantial injury to anyone in the area.

Officials ask that people stay away from and avoid any handling of or the transportation of any type of suspicious package or potential explosive material they may encounter or observe and immediately call 911.

Sheriff’s officials are seeking any information on those that may be involved in this case or anyone involved in manufacturing home-made explosives.

This case remains under investigation.