SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A would-be bomber's plot to rock a parade in Spokane, Wash., failed because his remote detonator was too far away, newly released court documents reveal.
The documents, released Tuesday, show two Spokane contract workers and Spokane police Sgts. Jason Hartman and Eric Olsen averted an explosion by changing the planned route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Unity March Jan. 17, The Spokesman-Review in Spokane reported Wednesday.
Kevin W. Harpham, 37, has pleaded guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and targeting minorities with the bomb he built and planted near the original parade route. Harpham "was in the parade," a source told The Spokesman-Review.
"It was the good work of the Spokane Police Department in moving the parade that removed an opportunity to detonate the device," the source said.
Investigators found Harpham had posted 1,139 times to a racist Web site between Feb. 25 and March 4 under the user name "Joe Snuffy."
Harpham faces between 27 and 32 years in prison at his Nov. 30 sentencing.
