FLOYD COUNTY, Ga. — Two men have been charged with making and possessing explosive devices in Floyd County.
Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced that Darryl Stamey Sr., 56, and Steven Gray, 64, were arrested earlier this week.
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A source close to the investigation told Channel 2’s Michael Doudna that more than 800 explosive devices were recovered between two places.
Rome police say they found explosive devices at a facility on Tuesday morning. They found more on Wednesday morning at Gray’s home, where the explosives were reportedly being manufactured.
Police say the bomb squad spent hours blowing up the explosives to try and keep people safe.
“It shook the whole house,” neighbor Sarah Willingham told Doudna. “I was like, ‘What was that?’”
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Many of those explosions she heard were bombs confiscated from Stamey, her next-door neighbor.
“I just can’t believe it,” she said. “For a while, he was normal. He would sit on his porch, drink his Coca-Cola and smoke his cigarettes. And all of a sudden, he got keyed out.”
Stamey is being charged with 23 counts of possessing an explosive device, and Gray is being charged with 23 counts of manufacturing an explosive device.
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