ATF Urgently Searching For 700 Pounds Of Dynamite Stolen 75 Miles From N.J. Border
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Federal authorities have doubled a reward to $20,000 for information about the theft of 704 pounds of dynamite stolen from a construction site in Pennsylvania last weekend.
The dynamite and 400 blasting caps were reported missing Monday from a gas pipeline worksite in Marietta, Pennsylvania, according to officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The ATF initially announced a $10,000 reward but doubled the amount Thursday morning. The money is offered for the recovery of the stolen explosives and/or the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
The Gregory General Contracting Company on Monday reported the large theft of explosives in Lancaster County.
The explosives were stored inside a locked truck trailer left on the site after workers left on Friday. The worksite security company did not discover the theft until Monday, when they noticed the trailer door was ajar with the locks missing, the ATF said.
"The ATF, along with our law enforcement partners are working very diligently and with a sense of urgency to recover the stolen explosives and to find those responsible for the theft," said Donald Robinson, Special Agent in Charge. "We are asking for the public's help in our effort to locate these explosives and to apprehend and convict those responsible."
