EDGEWATER, Fla. — A man who authorities say detonated a pipe bomb in anger after learning he was being evicted from an Oak Hill home is in custody, Volusia County deputies said Wednesday.
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- Explosion happened last week at home on Beehive Drive
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Troy William Phoenix, 36, was apprehended in Edgewater, the Sheriff's Office said
Phoenix had been sought since the incident last Friday at a home on Beehive Drive. That's when neighbors called authorities after hearing an explosion.
They told investigators that Phoenix got into an argument with a resident in the home after he learned he was being evicted from a shed in which he'd been living on the property.
Phoenix then threatened to blow up the house and everyone in it, investigators said. He ignited a pipe bomb and went inside, but then threw it outside in the yard, they said.
The bomb exploded, shaking the neighborhood. Phoenix fled, setting off a manhunt.
No one was hurt.
"Anybody who would detonate a bomb and threaten to kill everybody in the house, you know obviously he's not in his right mind right now," Sheriff Mike Chitwood said in a news conference last week.
Phoenix will be charged with possession/discharge of a destructive device, possession/manufacture of explosives and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, deputies said.
