Article

2023-04-06 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Florida woman found with 24 pipe bombs pleads guilty to avoid jail, focus on mental health

[FoxNews] Authorities found 24 homemade bombs filled with nails, screws, and pellets in the bedroom of Michelle Kolts.

A Florida woman who was found with 24 homemade pipe bombs and a hit list pleaded guilty Wednesday to avoid prison, and will instead receive mental health treatment.

Michelle Kolts pleaded guilty in a Tampa courtroom to reduce charges following her 2019 arrest. She was originally charged with 24 counts of making, possessing and discharging a destructive device.

"Twenty-four months of community control followed by 15 years probation," prosecutor Lindsey Hodges said, Fox Tampa reported.

Authorities found 24 homemade bombs in Kolts' bedroom in the home she shared with her parents in October 2019. The devices were filled with nails, screws, and pellets, along with materials to make more bombs, and books about terrorist bombings. Also found was a hit list.

Kolts was arrested on charges that could have landed her in prison for 100 years. However, in 2019, she was found unfit to stand trial following years of mental health evaluations and treatment. She was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Another one?

Her mental health treatment will include counseling at an in-house facility. There will be no record of a criminal conviction as well.
No criminal record?
"She's not going to suffer the stigma of a conviction on any of those counts as long as she stays crime free and abides by the terms of her probation," Kolts' attorney, Barry Taracks, said.
She can live with you and your family, Barry

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 Florida has more than 1.1 MILLION lead pipes carrying water into homes - the most in the US: Low exposure to the material could cause brain damage and learning disabilities in children

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-06 08:04|| 2023-04-06 08:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Is the hit list of the names available?
Maybe the hit list explains why the mentally deranged excuse was used.

Posted by NN2N1 2023-04-06 10:31|| 2023-04-06 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 "24 homemade pipe bombs"
As opposed to the ones you buy at Target.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-04-06 14:34|| 2023-04-06 14:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Michelle's photos Some might see a different 'diagnosis'.

Well, maybe not. I was thinking along Nashville lines.

Posted by Bobby 2023-04-06 17:11|| 2023-04-06 17:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Heavy.com says her parents found the pipe bombs on her bedroom, and immediately called the police, who picked her up at work. The parents are both military, the mother being in the US Army Reserve. And finally

Kolts is suffering from mental illness and is “a little bit on the autism spectrum,” according to the sheriff.

It’s my understanding schizophrenia often looks like autism in the early stages, and is so diagnosed. And that the two are common co-morbidities.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-04-06 22:54|| 2023-04-06 22:54|| Front Page Top

#6 24 pipe bombs? Meh.

24 guns? Throw the book at her!

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-04-06 22:58|| 2023-04-06 22:58|| Front Page Top

06:17 Grom the reflective
06:17 Anon1
06:15 Grom the reflective
06:12 Grom the reflective
06:11 Anon1
06:08 NN2N1
06:05 NN2N1
06:03 Frank G
05:58 MikeKozlowski
05:48 Anon1
05:39 Anon1
04:34 Grom the reflective
04:32 Grom the reflective
04:27 Whiskey Mike
04:26 Grom the reflective
04:25 Grom the reflective
04:19 Vortigern+Phert8938
04:17 Vortigern+Phert8938
04:12 Vortigern+Phert8938
04:11 Whiskey Mike
04:07 Besoeker
04:04 badanov
03:41 Grom the reflective
03:34 Besoeker