Agents continued Sunday investigating possible links between a series of explosions in Grand Junction and other, similar cases around the country.
Former air traffic controller Robert L. Burke, 54, is suspected of setting off three of five bombs outside the homes of former co- workers in Grand Junction on Friday. No one was injured.
“We have three devices and two attempted devices, and we are comparing that nationally and getting feedback on different unsolved bombings and bombing attempts,” said Tom Mangan, special agent for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Burke’s former employer, Serco Group PLC, provided his information to federal agents.
“They are helping us trace his employment history to narrow the search in case there were bombings in those general areas,” Mangan said.
Burke has worked in California, Arizona and Tennessee. He was fired from Grand Junction’s Walker Field Airport in 2004.
Agents in Nashville, Tenn., are investigating a “viable link” to a bombing Feb. 1 on the roof of the Serco project management office in Murfreesboro, Tenn., authorities said. No one was injured in that explosion.
Authorities say Burke may be driving his maroon 1999 Chevrolet Astro van with Colorado license plate 794-CYB.
Burke is a cycling enthusiast who enjoys hiking and off-road activities, Mangan said. He also goes by the name Robert L. Pope.
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