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Man Held In Bombing, Fam Apologizes

A Bonners Ferry man was ordered held on $300,000 bond Monday in a case involving a pipe bomb exploding at a home early Sunday, injuring two other men. Allen Jeffery Avery, also known as Allen Jeffery Stafford, faces charges of unlawful use of a destructive device or bomb, a felony, and malicious injury to property, a misdemeanor. Avery, 19, a 2013 graduate of Bonners Ferry High School, was arraigned Monday before 1st District Magistrate Judge Justin Julian and waived his right to an attorney. The bomb was placed outside the front door of a house in the 7300 block of Apache Street, which is within a block of Boundary Community Hospital. The two residents opened the door just after 1 a.m. Sunday, saw the bomb and closed the door as the device exploded, injuring them both, investigators said. The victims were taken to the nearby hospital for treatment and were released. The Idaho State Police and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives assisted Bonners Ferry police in the investigation/Scott Maben, SR.

Question: What do you think of the parents and family going on Facebook to denounce the suspect, before this case has barely begun?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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