Man Pleads Guilty to Planting Bombs

Man Pleads Guilty to Planting Bombs


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(KSL News) A man arrested in Utah for planting bombs in Colorado pleaded guilty today to charges against him.

Robert Burke was arrested in Orem in April.

Prosecutors say the former air traffic controller planted homemade bombs outside the homes of four co -workers in Grand Junction, Colorado.

He pleaded guilty today to a charge of malicious damage to a building used in interstate commerce.

Burke now faces a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, and a 250-thousand dollar fine.

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