James Whitmore, 54, is charged with arson and use of a possible explosive.
has been ruled as a case of arson. The man charged is now out on electronic monitoring.
"That explosive was so severe that someone could have gotten hurt, or someone could have gotten killed," said a close family member of the owner of the car that was blown to pieces last Thursday. She cannot understand how 54-year-old James Whitmore, now charged with arson and use of a possible explosive, was allowed to be released on electronic monitoring. She asked to remain anonymous.
"It sounded like a bomb," said a neighbor who, after learning of the charges, asked us to keep her identity hidden."You wake up to something like this, your mind just goes crazy," she said."He was always quiet, always a loner, you know, never talked in conversation," said the victim's family member.
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