Arkansas man accused of making pipe bombs, trying to flee US in kayak

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An Arkansas man has been arrested after being found with six homemade pipe bombs, according to court documents.

Lawrence Hickman, 52, was booked into the Benton County Jail on Thursday on six counts of criminal possession of explosive materials or a destructive device. He is being held on a $1 million bond.

According to the arrest affidavit, a woman called Bella Vista police on Dec. 9 to report that Hickman had been harassing her.

Once BVPD arrived at Hickman’s residence, the woman told police she found a bottle of chloroform in a dresser drawer.

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Officers spoke with a neighbor who said that Hickman wanted to kayak to the Philippines where his wife was and planned to travel to Alaska, and through the Bering Sea.

The neighbor told BVPD that the pipe bombs were for sharks and pirates and he had liquor for the Russians, according to the affidavit.

they should have just let him go. it was going to work itself out.

and he had liquor for the Russians, according to the affidavit

These americans dangerously underestimating us once again. We can lack many things, crucial ones, but cheep booze? Never, never!

Please give him his pipe bombs back and let him go those sharks and pirates are no joke

I am so ashamed of myself. As an Asian, I always assumed Arkansas to be in North America.