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Explosive Devices Found During Child Porn Raid: Deputies

Deputies removed 20 guns, 15 knives, a baseball bat with protruding nails, a crossbow, brass knuckles and gun powder from the home

Authorities say they found three explosive devices and other weapons during a child porn raid at a Florida home.

Twenty-four-year-old Randall Drake was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of unlawfully making, possessing or attempting to make a destructive device, according to a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office news release.

Detectives found a locked closet while serving a warrant at Drake's Dunedin home, where he lives with his parents, authorities said. Besides finding tubes filled with gunpowder and wicks, investigators also found aerial photos of two Hillsborough County schools and a water treatment facility.

Deputies removed 20 guns, 15 knives, a baseball bat with protruding nails, a crossbow, brass knuckles and gun powder from the home.

Drake was free on $20,000 bail. Jail records didn't list an attorney.

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