Man taught son, 6, to make bombs, police allege
 

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Police say a father taught his 6-year-old son how to build explosives, and threatened to kill the child's mother.

Anthony Stromberg, 44, was being held Thursday in the Las Cruces jail on $150,000 bond on one count of child abuse.

Las Cruces detectives said Stromberg gave his son detailed lessons on how to build explosives and that the boy went to the desert several times with his father to blow up explosives.

Detectives also alleged that after an argument with the child's 26-year-old mother about two weeks ago, Stromberg told the boy he was going to kidnap her and shoot her.

The parents do not live together but share custody of the boy. The mother is his primary caretaker.

Authorities said the boy confided in an adult, who alerted police.

Stromberg, a heavy equipment operator, was arrested by the Las Cruces Police Department's SWAT team, with help from federal, state and local authorities.

The Las Cruces Sun-News reported Thursday that Stromberg was convicted in 2006 on charges of theft, battery against a household member, resisting arrest and assaulting a law enforcement officer. thats messed up :helpme

he deserves a year for each year his wife is old ... 26 years of slammer

i bet it will be hard to find a baby sitter now. :helpme piss that kid off he'll blow your ass up! :1orglaugh

This is so fucked up... :(

he would have been a future mess if he blew up his mom. :helpme

I knew a guy that used to make what he called 'firecrackers' with aluminum powder, pvc pipe and homemade blasting caps. This was way back when I worked construction and he would bring them out in his old station wagon and fire them off for people on the job sites. They were cool but I could not help but wonder about just how much trouble he would get in if he was ever pulled over and searched.

When the OKC Bombing happened I remembered calling him and suggesting he might not want to continue to play with those 'firecrackers' any more..........as far as I know he is still doing it heh heh. It's been probably 15+ years since I talked with the guy but I know his daughter knew how to make them too

A few things come to mind when reading this thread:

1) Trailer Park.
2) Mullet action on him and his son.
3) Probable inbreeding on the dad's side.