Greenville, Mich.-A Lake Odessa resident is expected to be sentenced next month in connection with an incident more than a year ago. What was believed to be a fertilizer bomb was used to explode sulfuric acid from a wooden box. The explosion seriously injured one person in a driveway here, according to Montcalm County Prosecutor Andrea Krause. Krause told Green Markets that the charge against Alan Bauer, 38, was originally unlawful possession of a harmful device causing serious injury. But Bauer pleaded no contest to “conspiracy to commit assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder.” Krause said the charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. According to police reports, Bauer left a wooden box containing sulfuric acid in the driveway in September 2008. Police stated that the box, which appeared to be rigged, fired chemicals when it was opened.
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