Ski mask-wearing driver caught with homemade explosives at 7-Eleven on New Year's Day: police
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A Virginia man has been arrested and charged after authorities caught him with homemade explosives in a stolen vehicle on New Year’s Day.

Jordan Alexander Sweetman, 19, of Arlington, is charged with obstruction of justice, possession of burglary tools, wearing a mask to conceal identity, driving without a license, and manufacturing and possessing explosive materials.

Warren County officials responded to a 911 call on Jan. 1 reporting a man wearing a ski mask throwing items out of a suspicious dark Honda with no license plates, according to a press release from the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies later located a car matching the description of the 911 caller at a 7-Eleven in Linden, about 70 miles outside Washington, D.C., where they detained Sweetman, who tried to flee the scene on foot.

Two other unrelated incidents involving explosive devices occurred on New Year’s Day. In the early morning hours of Jan. 1, Shamsud-Din Jabbar rammed a truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 14 people. Prior to the attack, Jabbar planted explosive devices in coolers in two locations in the French Quarter, but police killed the attacker in a shootout before he could detonate them.

Authorities patrol Bourbon Street as it is reopened in New Orleans

Authorities patrol Bourbon Street as it is reopened in New Orleans on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2024. Many people are dead and dozens are injured after a man rammed his car into crowds of New Year’s Eve revelers on Bourbon Street on Wednesday. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

Also on Jan. 1, Matthew Livelsberger exploded a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year’s Day that Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said “appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily decorated combat veteran who is struggling with PTSD and other issues.”

Officials are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact 540-635-7100 or email cpowell@warrencountysheriff.org.

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