NYPD officials determined that the explosive device was “capable of causing harm.'
Harlem resident Chontrell Wrenick, 50, was charged with multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon, reckless endangerment and assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon.NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Tarik Sheppard said the explosive was “capable of causing harm – but not mass casualties,” but did not refer to it as a bomb during a televised interview on Thursday..
Wrenick and his cousin caught the attention of police while driving in East Harlem one day earlier, police officials said. Both men were engaged in a “domestic dispute” – which led the cousin to reveal that a machete and an explosive device were in the car, police said on Wednesday.Giulia Heyward is a breaking news reporter on the Day-Of desk. She previously worked at NPR, as a breaking news reporter, and the New York Times, as a reporting fellow on the national desk.
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