FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  
 Contact:   Special Agent Don York 
 (502) 582-5211 
  
                                              Date: August 3, 1998 
                                              FY98-12

                                       
         

                                       
     ATF INVESTIGATES ATTEMPTED BOMBING OF
           TIPPECANOE COUNTY COURTHOUSE

                                       

 LAFAYETTE, IN: On August 2, 1998, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
 (ATF) responded to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in response to the attempted bombing of the
 County Courthouse by use of a car bomb. ATF has sent additional specialists to assist in the
 investigation. The evidence recovered from the crime scene has been transported to the ATF
 National Laboratory in Rockville, Maryland, for analysis. 

 ATF, in conjunction with the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Department, and the Federal Bureau of
 Investigation, is pursuing investigative leads. ATF would like to question a man described as white,
 balding, in his mid 40s, and about 6 feet tall, who was seen near the courthouse about the time of
 the incident. This individual may have information useful to the investigation.  

 Anyone with any information about this case should contact 1-888-ATF-BOMB
 (1-888-283-2662). 

 ATF enforces the federal explosives laws and regulates the explosives industry. ATF has been
 involved in every major bombing investigation in the United States since the first federal explosives
 laws in the 1970s and maintains explosives incident statistics on its web site at www.atf.treas.gov. 
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