Sacto 9-1-1: Roseville man tells all - and lands in jail, deputies say

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November 3, 2009

Roseville man tells all - and lands in jail, deputies say

Bee Staff

A Roseville man was either very honest or very naive when he talked to Placer County sheriff's deputies last week, according to an arrest report.

John Edward Griffith, 51, admitted, according the report:

- That a pipe bomb found at a house on Sierra College Boulevard in Roseville Saturday afternoon was made by him.

- That he and his wife were living in the house that had no right to be in - a fact ascertained by court documents Griffith supplied deputies.

- That he was driving on a suspended license.

Deputies did determine on their own that the registration on Griffith's vehicle had expired.

Deputies responded to a report of a dispute in the 9400 block of Sierra College Boulevard on Saturday. They didn't find the dispute but neighbors said some people were living illegally in a house on the block.

Searching the property, deputies found the pipe bomb, described as a 10" metal tube, capped at both ends.

Griffith and his wife arrived shortly after the pipe bomb was found, deputies said.

Griffith said he made the pipe bomb to break up some "granite" in a ditch he was digging for a sewer line, deputies said.

The sheriff's bomb squad detonated the pipe bomb with no injuries.

Griffith was booked into the Placer County jail on suspicion of making an explosive device, possessing an explosive device and trespassing.

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