Florida Man Attempts to Blow up Foreclosed Home with Bowling Ball

Authorities say a South Florida man who didn’t want a bank to sell his foreclosed home tried to blow it up using a bowling ball as an explosive.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports 21-year-old Tyler Butler was arrested Monday on charges of arson and using an explosive device.

A fire started around 10 p.m. Sunday in Loxahatchee. Butler was inside the home when the fire was reported.

Deputies detained Butler after he left the burning home. As firefighters extinguished the flames, they noticed a bowling ball with a wick attached.

The sheriff’s office bomb squad removed the ball.

Butler told deputies he set things on fire in the home using a cigarette lighter, he poured gun powder in a bowling ball and used a rope as a fuse.

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June 23, 2015 at 5:17 pm

Agent says:

More like Wily Coyote and Roadrunner.
June 23, 2015 at 3:19 pm

phoenix says:

I would venture to guess that the foreclosed property belonging to the bank is insured for the peril of fire. Even one set by a former owner. Highly doubtful that it's an HO3,... read more
June 22, 2015 at 11:01 am

Rosenblatt says:

Agent - do you remember when Florida citizens recently voted for a Republican majority in the Senate and, after that happened, you said that Florida voters can't vote right?