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Additional charges for Philly man charged in dynamite scheme to blow up ATMs

Talib Crump, 25, is now facing additional charges including multiple counts of weapons of mass destruction, possessing instruments of a crime, prohibited offensive weapons, and reckless endangerment.

A member of the Philadelphia bomb squad surveys the scene after an ATM machine was blown-up at 2207 N. 2nd St. in Philadelphia on June 2, 2020.
A member of the Philadelphia bomb squad surveys the scene after an ATM machine was blown-up at 2207 N. 2nd St. in Philadelphia on June 2, 2020.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer
    by Ellie Silverman
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A Philadelphia man previously charged in a scheme to sell dynamite to blow up ATMs is now facing additional charges after agents found 30 more sticks of M-1000 homemade dynamite at his house, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Friday.

“The M-1000 dynamite qualifies as a weapon of mass destruction and is capable of causing serious bodily injury, death, and significant property damage,” Shapiro said in a news release.

Talib Crump, 25, was first arrested June 2 after state law enforcement agents, posing as buyers, responded to his Instagram post advertising sticks of dynamite for sale. In talking with the undercover agents, authorities said, Crump left a voicemail saying dynamite was the best way to blow up an ATM to steal the money inside. Crump also said, according to authorities, that on June 1 he blew up multiple ATMs, stealing about $8,500 from one. When he was arrested, agents recovered 12 sticks of dynamite.

A search warrant later led authorities to Crump’s Leiper Street home, described as a five-unit apartment building with families and children, where they found more explosives, including the 30 M-1000 quarter dynamite sticks, and two 30-round extended magazines loaded with 60 live rounds of 9mm ammunition.

He is now facing additional charges including multiple counts of weapons of mass destruction, possessing instruments of a crime, possessing prohibited offensive weapons, and reckless endangerment. Crump’s listed attorney in online court records could not be immediately reached for comment.