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DETROIT — A man with a history of bizarre rants against the FBI was charged Thursday with placing an explosive outside a federal building in Detroit in a case that has embarrassed the government because the device was taken inside by a guard and left unattended for 20 days.
Gary Mikulich was arrested 500 miles away and charged with trying to use an explosive to damage the McNamara Federal Building, which houses the FBI, Internal Revenue Service, immigration court and other agencies.
A tool bag holding a metal cash box was discovered Feb. 26 and brought inside the building, but it sat until a Federal Protective Service officer decided to X-ray it March 18, saw electrical components inside and summoned the Detroit police bomb squad.
