via KPRC Ch 2 Houston
BAYTOWN, Texas -- A woman has been accused of making more than 100 destructive devices with her common law husband, who fatally shot a sheriff's deputy.
Pamela Leggett, 32, has been charged with aiding and abetting in the making and possession of destructive devices and conspiring to make and possess destructive devices and firearms.
Baytown police said two utilities workers went to the home Leggett shared with Gilbert Ortez Jr. on West Osage Drive in the Tower Terrace subdivision in July 2009 to shut off the water.Investigators said Leggett went outside and fired shots at the utility worker.
Chambers County sheriff's deputies went out to the home to investigate.When Leggett was taken into custody, Ortez fired shots, fatally wounding Deputy Shane Detwiler, investigators said.
A subsequent standoff at the home lasted for several hours and ended when investigators discovered that Ortez was dead.
Detectives said he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Detectives said they found 122 destructive devices in the couple's home.
Officials described it as one of the largest illegal bomb making operations ever discovered in the country.Investigators said that from March 2006 through July 2009, the couple obtained chemicals, some through eBay, to make explosives.
Federal investigators said that some of the devices contained pieces of rebar, nails and bullets.Officials said they have not determined why the couple was making bombs.
Leggett has also been accused of having a machine gun, a short barreled rifle and three illegal silencers in violation of federal firearms statute
BAYTOWN, Texas -- A woman has been accused of making more than 100 destructive devices with her common law husband, who fatally shot a sheriff's deputy.
Baytown police said two utilities workers went to the home Leggett shared with Gilbert Ortez Jr. on West Osage Drive in the Tower Terrace subdivision in July 2009 to shut off the water.Investigators said Leggett went outside and fired shots at the utility worker.
Chambers County sheriff's deputies went out to the home to investigate.When Leggett was taken into custody, Ortez fired shots, fatally wounding Deputy Shane Detwiler, investigators said.
A subsequent standoff at the home lasted for several hours and ended when investigators discovered that Ortez was dead.
Detectives said he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Detectives said they found 122 destructive devices in the couple's home.
Officials described it as one of the largest illegal bomb making operations ever discovered in the country.Investigators said that from March 2006 through July 2009, the couple obtained chemicals, some through eBay, to make explosives.
Federal investigators said that some of the devices contained pieces of rebar, nails and bullets.Officials said they have not determined why the couple was making bombs.
Leggett has also been accused of having a machine gun, a short barreled rifle and three illegal silencers in violation of federal firearms statute
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