Florida men try to use bombs to evict tenants

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One Florida man wanted tenants out of an apartment off the garage of his home. So, he went along with his pal's plan to get them out using a bomb.

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That's according to Orange County deputies, who said Nathan Martin and Bruce Steffenhagen admitted to setting off a pair of "acid bombs" — homemade bombs often involving 2-liter plastic bottles and common household materials — to create noise and ruckus after they were arrested last week.

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According to the arrest reports, Bruce Steffenhagen told deputies he heard the explosions but didn't know where they came from. Steffenhagen let them enter his backyard through his garage.

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The arrest report says the Orange County Explosive Device Team and Orange County Fire Rescue's hazmat team figured "acid bombs" were set off, and noticed materials in the garage.

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A neighbor said she heard the explosions and looked out her window to see Steffenhagen and another white male in the backyard. When deputies began asking Steffenhagen to come with them, he quickly gave up Martin.

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"Bruce also told me Nathan asked Bruce not to tell police he was hiding in the house because he just got out of jail a week prior,"

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An acid bomb should scare them out, the two figured. Martin used aluminum foil, meratic acid and a 2-liter Dr. Pepper bottle to make an acid bomb, which he threw into a neighbors yard after mixing and shaking.

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