HEWETT, W.Va. – A Boone County man faces charges after investigators allegedly found a pipe bomb and evidence of drug distribution in the presence of a child.
Ronald Burgess, 44, Hewett, W.Va., is charged with child neglect creating risk of injury and possession of destructive devices after Boone County deputies executed a search warrant on Wednesday.
Deputies said they contacted Burgess on Tuesday and he claimed to have used drugs in his garage but not in the presence of children. The warrant was executed the following day and deputies said they found multiple items “consistent with the manufacturing and distribution of narcotic” and a “large quantity of drug paraphernalia.”
They also indicated they found what they believed to be a pipe bomb which was determined by the West Virginia State Police Bomb Squad to be inactive. Additional materials allegedly found include those “consistent with the manufacturing of additional explosive devices” and “components consistent with the manufacturing of pipe bombs.”