{"id":15954,"date":"2025-10-24T17:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T23:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/explosives-delivered-to-la-plata-county-sheriffs-office-removed\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:53:25","slug":"explosives-delivered-to-la-plata-county-sheriffs-office-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/explosives-delivered-to-la-plata-county-sheriffs-office-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosives delivered to La Plata County Sheriff\u2019s Office removed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Deputies respond Friday to a man who delivered explosive materials to the La Plata County Sheriff's Office. (Courtesy La Plata County Sheriff's Office)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The Farmington Police Department bomb squad safely removed explosives a man discovered in his home and delivered Friday morning to the La Plata County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Bodo Industrial Park.<\/p>\n

At 11:48 a.m., the bomb squad placed the materials in a bombproof container to be taken away from the Sheriff\u2019s Office. Girard Street was subsequently reopened and business activities were able to resume.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bomb technicians from Farmington Police Department safely removed the material in a bomb proof container, and then they\u2019ll take it off site to explode,\u201d said Sheriff\u2019s Office spokesperson Chris Burke.<\/p>\n

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The Farmington Police Department Bomb Squad prepares to load explosives into a bombproof container. (Courtesy of La Plata County Sheriff's Office)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The man delivered the material to the Sheriff\u2019s Office in an effort to do the right thing, said La Plata County spokesperson Sarah Jacobson. However, it prompted an emergency response and closed Girard Street as a precaution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ordnance was similar to C-4 and could be molded to explode rocks,\u201d Burke said. \u201cHowever, (it) did not have an ignition source such as detonation cord or blasting cap.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burke urged residents not to transport suspicious materials.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf citizens think or suspect that they might have an explosive or an unknown substance that they think might explode, we would ask that they call us and let the Sheriff\u2019s Office come to their location and for them not to attempt to move it themselves,\u201d Burke said.<\/p>\n

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The Farmington Police Department Bomb Squad loads explosives into a truck to be moved off-site to be exploded. (Courtesy of La Plata County Sheriff's Office)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Burke said the man acted with good intentions and was not malicious.<\/p>\n

Jacobson said transporting explosives, especially on busy roads, puts more people at risk.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s old or super explosive, sometimes even moving it can be really dangerous,\u201d Jacobson said. \u201cBut three cheers for trying to do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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