Family bombs together in Minnesota

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Three family members from Frost, Minnesota were charged Thursday after authorities found 114 explosive devices and more than 20 pounds of explosives at their home near the Iowa border on Tuesday. Advertisement



Marvin D. Yahnke, 48, his wife, Shirley, 49 and their son Daniel, 19, were charged in Faribault County District Court with manufacturing and possessing explosive devices. The couple's 15-year-old son was also arrested and may be charged in juvenile court.

"At this point, we don't have any indication that they were targeting any people," said deputy Mike Gormley, with the Faribault County Sheriff's Office. "We're not sure if this was for fun or if they had other things in mind."

The family has been linked by investigators to the bombing of a portable toilet in Albert Lea and a half-dozen mailbox explosions in rural Freeborn County over the past few months. Gormley said no one has been injured.

The explosives seized at the house in Frost were detonated by the Bloomington bomb squad early Wednesday morning.