FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Lee County Sheriff's Office arrested a man after responding to a scene on Bigelow and Olga Road in Fort Myers, Thursday night.
Deputies tell us it was a well being check that turned into an arrest, based on homemade explosive products found in the home.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office says they found three Molotov cocktails in his garage.
The cocktails were tested; each contained gasoline and a cut-up shirt stuffed in the bottles.
34-year-old Travis Michael Darr was located at a gas station in Olga.
Watch Community Correspondent Ella Rhoades report below:
Darr told deputies he was making the devices "for personal defense".
Darr faces three charges of possession of an incendiary device. Fox 4 found that he also has had a history of battery and assault charges.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office says the explosives were not intended to target residents of Lee County.
LCSO Public Information Officer Julie Sin said, “There’s no threat to the community. We don’t believe this man was a threat at all and our intelligence unit will continue to monitor world events and any sort of gatherings that happen in our community this weekend."
However, LCSO's Intelligence Unit continues to monitor world events and gatherings within the community.
