Rohnert Park Man Arrested For Alleged Attempt To Bomb Golf Course
ROHNERT PARK (CBS/AP/BCN) -- Police say a 49-year-old man has been arrested after a homemade bomb was found on the 18th fairway of a Rohnert Park golf course on Saturday.
Rohnert Park police Sgt. Jason Krauss says the "acid bomb" capable of spraying debris across a radius of about 50 feet was found at Foxtail Golf Club.
He said maintenance workers found the device -- made with a large water bottle -- along with a second one that had already detonated nearby.
Officers were dispatched at 9:39 a.m. to the Foxtail Golf Club at 100 Golf Course Drive and learned when they arrived that the device had been on the 18th fairway before employees took it to the maintenance yard. Employees thought bringing the device to the maintenance yard would better protect guests.
Employees also told officers that they found the remains of another device that had been detonated nearby.
The officials said that they called on the University of California at Berkeley bomb squad for assistance and the device was destroyed on the club's driving range.
Officers evacuated the area before destroying the device, according to public safety officials.
Officers arrested Rohnert Park resident Kevin Hornbuckle, 49, as the person responsible for building the device, public safety officials said.
Officers said Hornbuckle told them the device was an "acid bomb."
Public safety officials want to advise citizens to avoid moving a potential bomb until authorities check it.
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