Man Indicted Today For Tossing Homemade Bombs from Williamsburg Bridge

By Idy Perl

Michael Gann, a 55-year-old man, was indicted today for throwing homemade explosives off the Williamsburg Bridge earlier this year. He had built at least seven of them using instructions he found online and was keeping some of them on rooftops in SoHo. Three of the devices were thrown from the Manhattan side of the bridge, two landed in the East River, and one landed on subway tracks.

When investigators searched his rooftop spots, they found more materials, including 30 grams of explosive powder. That amount is far above what’s legally allowed for personal use. They also found one device in his pocket and another in his bag.

Gann has a long history of arrests having been arrested 30 times before.