Police conducting search operation after ‘incendiary device’ found in traffic stop
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) conducted a search of a residence tied to an alarming traffic stop last week.
On Thursday, police reported that they had arrested Anthony Lopez after a traffic stop investigation. According to police, Lopez had vehicle registration violations and did not have a valid driver's license. Police say once they searched his car, they located an "incendiary device." Lopez was taken into custody thereafter.
According to the Colorado Springs Police K9 Unit, it was a "suspicious object taped to a glass bottle." Officers later learned it was "an incendiary device and the duct-taped piece was an improvised explosive device."
A sergeant at Monday's latest search scene said they were conducting a warrant at a residence near Chelton Road, right by the Citadel Mall.
KRDO13 spoke with one man who was waiting for the bus and saw the home get swarmed by SWAT and the Colorado Springs Police Bomb Unit.
"It must be something serious for that many police to be over there," shared Gilbert Alexander.
Alexander said he was just relieved not to see an ambulance accompany the large law enforcement presence.
"I'm glad nobody got hurt, and everything's ok, no officers got hurt, nobody else got hurt," shared Alexander.
Police said they were searching the home for incendiary devices. Ultimately, they said they found fireworks, but none had been made into incendiary devices.
KRDO13 Investigates found Lopez had been previously charged with nearly a dozen driving under suspension charges, among others.
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