Holly Springs police: Man arrested with weapons of mass destruction and drugs

Police found a man with a homemade explosive device and methamphetamines in his SUV outside a gas station in Holly Springs Wednesday night.
Posted 7/27/2023, 4:56:13 AM Updated 7/27/2023, 5:27:00 PM

NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN GO HOME.

>> A MAN CHARGED WITH

POSSESSION OF A WEAPON OF MASS

DESTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO

APPEAR IN COURT IN ABOUT AN

HOUR. THIS ALL STEMS FROM AN

INCIDENT AT THE SHEETZ ON DAVID

FERRY ROAD IN HOLLY SPRINGS

LAST NIGHT. WRAL'S BRETT KNESE

IS LIVE. THE WAKE COUNTY

JUSTICE CENTER. BRETT, WHAT

DOES THIS CHARGE MEAN?

WELL, JEFF NORMAN BRAY WILL

FACE MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES AND

THAT WEAPONS OF MASS

DESTRUCTION CHARGE.

>> THAT CHARGE BECAUSE POLICE

SAY THAT HE HAD AN IMPROVISED

EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IN HIS CAR.

TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS THE 50

YEAR OLD MUG SHOT HERE. AND

THIS ALL HAPPENED AT THE SHEETZ

IN HOLLY SPRINGS YESTERDAY,

JUST AFTER 05:00PM POLICE

ARRESTED BRAY BLOCKED OFF THE

PARKING LOT OF THAT SHEETS AND

EVACUATED THE STORE UNTIL THE

MATERIALS AND DEVICES COULD BE

PROPERLY DISPOSED OF. I SPOKE

WITH A LAWYER ABOUT THAT

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

CHARGE. HE SAYS IT'S ACTUALLY A

BROAD TERM AND SOMETHING LIKE

A SAWED OFF SHOTGUN IS

CONSIDERED A WEAPON OF MASS

DESTRUCTION. IN THIS CASE,

POLICE BELIEVE BRAY HAD SOME

SORT OF HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVE

DEVICE. NOW THE FOCUS OF THE

INVESTIGATION WILL TURN TO WHY

HE HAD THAT IN HIS CAR AND WHAT

HIS PLAN WAS. WE WILL MAKE HIS

FIRST APPEARANCE AT ONE 30 THIS

AFTERNOON WILL BE THERE IN

COURT. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT

HAPPENS ON OUR LATER NEWSCAST.

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