Stanton, Mich.-A fertilizer bomb incident nearly a year ago that resulted in severe injuries to one person could put the perpetrator in prison for life. Alan Tomas Bauer II, 38, of Lake Odessa, has been arrested on charges of use or possession of a harmful device causing serious injury. At last report, Bauer was in Montcalm County Jail on $150,000 bond. According to police reports, Bauer left a wooden box containing sulfuric acid in Derek Lehman’s driveway in September. Police stated that the box, which appeared to be rigged, fired chemicals into Lehman’s face when he opened it. Montcalm County Prosecutor Andrea Krause wouldn’t comment on the case, but told the local press that the investigation took nearly a year due to its complicated nature. “We had to develop leads and enough information to bring the charge,” she was quoted as saying. “It took some time to get there.” Krause also declined to say if the two parties knew each other. There was no information on the present condition of Lehman, who was taken at the time to Spectrum Health United Memorial Hospital with severe facial injuries.
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