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Police:exploding trunk thrown on Atchison porch; one arrested

By Brian Hagen

07/19/2024

(KAIR)--Aggravated assault, arson, and criminal damage to property are the charges faced by a 34-year-old Atchison man, arrested this week for allegedly hurling what's believed to be an explosive device on the porch of an Atchison residence.

According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, Kevin Berning was arrested late Thursday morning on the charges, following the alleged crime that happened Monday evening, around 8:30. Officers, that evening, were called to the 1700 block of Chestnut following the report of an explosion in that area.

Arriving at a residence in that block of Chestnut, investigators "determined that there had been a dispute outside the residence" that included the 56-year-old woman who lived there, and Berning, who had driven to the home.

It's alleged that during the disturbance, Berning, took a wooden trunk from his truck, then threw it on the porch of the residence as the woman stood nearby. Wilson says the trunk, believed to have had an explosive device placed inside by Berning, exploded on the porch, damaging nearby items, including a mailbox, a chair, a flower pot, and a door. The woman was not hurt.

Berning, Wilson says, had left the area before officers arrived, but he was taken into custody less than three days later, and booked into the Atchison County Jail.

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