Kentucky State Police Find Bomb During Routine Traffic Stop

If you were traveling Interstate 24 down around Eddyville yesterday and you came to a standstill, well we now know why.

During a routine traffic stop, Kentucky State Police discovered a homemade bomb in a vehicle driven by 45-year-old Michael Higgs of Grants Pass, Oregon.

Authorities indicate it was a small improvised device.

But it was clearly large enough to land Higgs in the Caldwell County jail.

The suspect was charged with use of a weapon of mass destruction in addition to firearms, drug and traffic offenses.

There was a passenger in Higgs' vehicle who was not charged.