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Connecticut Man Arrested for Selling Pipe Bombs in Bronx Parking Lot

By Dan Amira

Adding insult to injury, a neighbor says the man and his family “seemed very phony.” [CT Post]

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Connecticut Man Arrested for Selling Pipe Bombs in Bronx Parking Lot

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