‘Dangerous criminal’ from Idaho convicted of having active bombs is arrested in Indiana
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FORT WAYNE, Indiana — An Idaho man who had active bombs was arrested in Indiana on Thursday after he failed to appear at his sentencing hearing.
Daniel P. Floyd, 58, was convicted in Bonners Ferry in 2024 for unlawful possession of destructive devices or bombs, according to a news release from the U.S. Marshals Service. He was a no-show at his sentencing hearing on Feb. 21. The 1st Judicial District Court in Boundary County issued an arrest warrant for Floyd for failure to appear, “which caused concern for numerous members of the community in Bonners Ferry,” the U.S. Marshals said.
Local and federal authorities learned that Floyd had left the state sometime after the arrest warrant was issued and did not intend to return.
Floyd was apprehended in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Thursday. He was booked into the Allen County Jail in Fort Wayne awaiting his return to Bonners Ferry to face his sentence.
Floyd, who lived in Good Grief near the Canadian border, was arrested in April 2024 after detectives found three pipe-style bombs when they searched the home he was renting. The three devices were full of what appeared to be round steel balls (like buckshot) and black powder. They were “active and intended to cause damage,” the Bonners Ferry Herald reported.
United States Marshal for the District of Idaho Brent Bunn is pleased with the law enforcement partnerships in north Idaho and around the nation, according to the news release. Bunn thanked the Boundary County Sheriff’s Office and the USMS Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force for apprehending the “dangerous criminal.”
Anyone with information on wanted fugitives is urged to contact the nearest U.S. Marshals office, the U.S. Marshals Service Communication Center at (800) 336-0102, or USMS Tips at
www.usmarshals.gov/tips.
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