Another Bomb Suspect Arrested In Escondido

Pipe Bomb/Photo Palo Pinto County Sheriff

After doing some more research on the situation going on with George Jakubec and the explosives found in house in Escondido I ran upon another report that hasn't made televised news, matter of fact I haven't even seen anything about it in the San Diego Union Tribune, for some reason it hasn't garnered the same attention as the one involving Jakubec.

On November 28th, Richard Hinkel, 45, was screaming in the backyard of his home in the 2300 block of Country View Glen just before 5 a.m., said Escondido police Lt. Craig Carter and when Escondido police arrived they found 18 explosive devices, 12 rifles, 10 handguns and fireworks on Hinkel's property, at this time police say it appears there is no connection between the two.

Now wait a second what is going on here? The total news story on Hinkle was about 3 paragraphs long so I am going to do much more research on this guy, but I don't understand how the police can immediately rule out a connection when they didn't even know these two guys existed prior to the day the were arrested.

Hinkle who appeared in court yesterday pleaded guilty to 16 felony counts of  possession of a destructive device and a misdemeanor count of having fireworks stored without a permit, again authorities are saying there appears to be no link between Hinkle and George Jakubec, again I ask how can they be so sure and what are they hiding.  I have never seen Hinkle's story on a news broadcast and most of the story's are buried with misleading headlines.  For instance CBS channel eight here in San Diego on their web page doesn't even mention the word explosive devices in it's head line.  The head line reads "Man accused of possessing firearms, fireworks pleads not guilty", buried in the story you finally read that Hinkle pleaded not guilty to the 16 felony counts of possession of a destructive device.

There is something wrong with this story and I am going to stay on top of it and keep everyone updated so please check back. As of right now I can't even find a picture of this guy on any news site, you would think after the Jakubec case the courtroom would have been crammed with journalists.