Woburn Man Accused Of Possession of Explosive Materials Will Appeal His Convictions

WOBURN, MA --A 28-year-old Woburn man who triggered a "shelter in place'' for a local school and shut down an entire neighborhood in 2013 will act as his own attorney as he appeals his 2015 convictions in connection with bomb-making materials found in his home.

In Middlesex District Court on Tuesday, Adam R. Crane's stand-by counsel requested access to an impounded transcript so that it can be included as part of Crane's appeal to the state Appeals Court. Judge Kathe Tuttman, the trial judge, allowed the motion.

After a trial in June 2015, Crane was found guilty of possession of a hoax incendiary device and discharging of explosive materials , acording to the court docket. He was found not guilty of a second count of discharging an explosive material. Tuttman sentenced Crane to 2 1/2 years in jail followed by three years probation.

On June 6, 2013, Woburn police responded Crane's parents' home at 79 Elm Street after his stepfather apparently told police that his stepson had made a "pipe bomb" and that he had detonated it in their home over the weekend, the Woburn Times reported today. He also reported there were bomb making materials in the home.

In response the Woburn Police, the State Police Bomb Squad, a Northeast Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC) SWAT team and members of the federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms responded to the home. After an initial standoff where police attempted to reach Crane by phone he eventually emerged from the home and was placed under arrest.

When police searched Crane's house and vehicle, they found bomb -making materials, including black powder, PVC pipe, glue, a jar of 6,000 BB pellets (but not BB gun), a cleaning fluid that could be combined with other materials, lighter fluid and fireworks. In a safe police also found a handgun, more black powder and 20 feet of safety fuses.

According to the Woburn Times article, Crane allegedly made two comments in reference to the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings. He allegedly made reference to the attack to his stepsister and boasted that the fireworks were from the same New Hampshire shop where the bombing suspects bought fireworks used to make the pressure-cooker bombs.