On January 24, 2022, a Walmart employee in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, reported a woman, Mariah Davis, 20, for stealing Lego sets worth nearly $300. An officer spotted her vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. Upon searching the vehicle, they found the stolen Lego sets and an explosive device made from fireworks, metal screws, and rivets. Mariah claimed her boyfriend, Zane Bennett, 20, had made the device. Zane was called to the scene and admitted to building the device, stating he intended to use it to blow up watermelons. The Tulsa Police Department's bomb squad rendered the device safe. Zane was charged with illegally manufacturing an explosive device, and Mariah was charged with petty larceny.
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1. On January 24, 2022, a Walmart employee notified officers of a woman who had stolen Legos worth nearly $300 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
2. A traffic stop was conducted, and the woman was identified as 20-year-old Mariah Davis.
3. Mariah was found to have a receipt for items she had bought, as well as stolen Legos and what appeared to be an explosive device in her vehicle.
4. Mariah admitted to stealing the Legos and possessed Xanax bars without a prescription.
5. The officer found a device in the back of Mariah's car that looked like a bomb and was made of fireworks, metal, and screws.
6. Mariah claimed that her boyfriend, Zane, had built the device.
7. Zane arrived on foot and identified himself as Mariah's boyfriend.
8. Zane admitted to building the explosive device using fireworks and leaving it in his girlfriend's vehicle.
9. Zane claimed he was going to use the device to blow up watermelons and did not intend to hurt anyone.
10. The Tulsa Police Department's bomb squad rendered the explosive device safe at 7:30 pm.
11. An X-ray of the device showed that Zane used fireworks, fish hooks, metal screws, and rivets to build it.
12. Zane was charged with illegally manufacturing an explosive device.
13. Mariah was charged with petty larceny.