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On May 5, 52-year-old David Barouch of Colleyville was arrested for putting a bomb on the front porch of his ex-wife’s house. Two months later, he pleaded guilty to one count of
possession of an unregistered destructive device. Today, he found out his punishment: the
statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, plus a $10,000
fine, courtesy U.S. District Judge John McBryde in Fort Worth.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office release follows, but long story short:
On Sunday, May 2, Barouch placed the device, contained in a FedEx box, on his ex-wife’s porch. She discovered the box on Sunday morning, before she left for church, and brought it inside. When she returned home, she opened it and found packing peanuts surrounding two wooden salad bowls that were taped together. She separated the bowls and saw a six-volt lantern battery wired to a large bag of black/gray powder. She had also discovered a folded one-dollar bill which had apparently been underneath the FedEx box. She became suspicious and contacted the Colleyville Police Department.
Why the $1?
At Barouch’s detention hearing, testimony was presented that
Barouch’s ex-wife believed that he had placed the dollar bill under the
FedEx box to symbolize the last dollar she would ever receive from him.
FORT WORTH MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
AND FINED FOR PLACING A BOMB ON HIS EX-WIFE’S FRONT PORCH
Improvised Explosive Device Rendered Safe by Authorities
FORT WORTH, Texas – David Barouch, 52, who admitted placing
a bomb on the front porch of his ex-wife’s residence in Colleyville,
Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to the
statutory maximum of 10 years in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000
fine, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of
Texas. Barouch has been in custody since his arrest on May 5, 2010,
following the execution of a search warrant at his residence in north
Fort Worth.In July 2010, Barouch pleaded guilty to one count of
possession of an unregistered destructive device. According to
documents filed in the case, on or about Sunday, May 2, 2010, Barouch
placed the device, contained in a FedEx box, on his ex-wife’s porch.
She discovered the box on Sunday morning, before she left for church,
and brought it inside. When she returned home, she opened it and found
packing peanuts surrounding two wooden salad bowls that were taped
together. She separated the bowls and saw a six-volt lantern battery
wired to a large bag of black/gray powder. She had also discovered a
folded one-dollar bill which had apparently been underneath the FedEx
box. She became suspicious and contacted the Colleyville Police
Department.According to the factual resume filed in the case, the
taped-together salad bowls contained a main explosives charge of
approximately two pounds of a dark smokeless powder, an electrical
circuit consisting of a loop switch made from bare exposed wires, a
six-volt lantern battery and an initiator which was an automotive-type
light bulb with the glass removed and the filament exposed. The bomb
also contained fragment in the form of 9mm projectiles consistent with
those found in handgun ammunition. Barouch admitted that the bomb could
have readily been put in operating condition.At Barouch’s detention hearing, testimony was presented that
Barouch’s ex-wife believed that he had placed the dollar bill under the
FedEx box to symbolize the last dollar she would ever receive from him.The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives, the Colleyville Police Department, the
Colleyville Fire Department, the Northeast Fire Department Association,
the Keller Police Department and the Fort Worth Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Bret Helmer was in charge of the prosecution.
