Authorities: SD man talked about blowing up VA hospitals

Authorities say a South Dakota man indicted for having improvised explosives at his home routinely discussed with a friend blowing up Veterans Affairs hospitals.

The state attorney general’s office says 59-year-old Martin Rezac of Dallas, South Dakota, was arrested Tuesday in Denver. He has been indicted on three explosives-related felonies.

Police responded to Rezac’s home Thanksgiving Day after a reported explosion, which blew out several windows and sent him to the hospital. Authorities say they found chemicals and a recipe to make a volatile homemade explosive in the residence.

Officials say they also found a pipe bomb and another explosive device housed in a peanut butter jar. A friend of Rezac’s told law enforcement Rezac “frequently” discussed blowing up VA hospitals.

It wasn’t immediately clear if Rezac has legal representation.