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Alex Cabrero Reporting Someone is going around a South Weber neighborhood causing a lot of trouble. The Davis County Sheriff says the mystery person rolled an improvised explosive device into a garage.
It's not something with gunpowder or plastic explosives or anything like that, but it was enough to get the bomb squad to visit the house where it went off. Now they're investigating further.
Alison Sherrill: "You can see kind of some of the discoloration, yeah."
All garages have a few spots on the walls and ceilings. These spots, though, aren't from any normal wear and tear.
Alison Sherrill, South Weber: "He did say it was a pretty nasty type of acid that could do some damage if it were to get on your skin."
Alison Sherrill didn't get that information from one of her children and a chemistry project; she heard it from a Davis County Sheriff's Bomb Technician.
Alison Sherrill: "He said it'd blow a mailbox 40 or 50 feet in the air, so a person standing there, if it hit you, it could really hurt somebody."
A few nights ago, somebody rolled something into the garage of her South Weber home. She usually leaves it open a few feet so her cat can get out. It exploded and made a big mess.
Alison Sherrill: "It was in a 20 ounce Aquafina water bottle. It had some tin foil in it and looked kind of burnt, a greenish liquid."
Whatever it was, it was enough to leave the marks on the ceiling, some of the concrete in her garage discolored, and the back bumper of her car covered in something.
Alison Sherrill: "I can't get it off. No, I tried. I tried using a cleaner and I can't get it off."
She also says it's happened in her neighborhood before. Usually it's left on the road or in a driveway, but never in a home, until now, which is why she's so worried.
Alison Sherrill: "They might think it's fun and games blowing up a bottle, but somebody could get hurt."
Again, the Davis County Sheriff's Office is investigating this case. They don't believe it's a fire-starting device or anything like that, but it is enough to have them assign a detective to it.
