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A Detroit man is facing charges for building makeshift landmines to protect his marijuana growing operation. Joshua Ragland, 25, was indicted on Tuesday for manufacturing and possessing destructive devices.
The charges stem from a September incident involving an unidentified 29-year-old man who cut across a vacant lot next to Ragland’s and accidentally triggered a bomb. The victim was hospitalized but not seriously injured.
Ragland, who is a licensed medical marijuana patient and caretaker, was not initially arrested after the Detroit Bomb Squad safely detonated the remaining explosives. Prior to his arrest, Ragland explained the logic behind planting the bombs – he had been inspired after catching someone stealing his plants.
“I don’t have a lot of money and they still want what I’ve got. What if these people had a gun?” Ragland explained.
The indictment charges Ragland with the manufacture of destructive devices, possession of destructive devices, possession of...
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