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Providence Man Arrested For Reckless Endangerment After Garage Explosion

A Providence, Utah man has been arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and reckless control or possession of explosives, chemicals or incendiary devices. 21-year-old Jeffrey R. Toombs was arrested after he and a friend were handling explosive materials Tuesday night leading to an explosion in the garage of a home near 125 North off of 400 East.

Toombs took the 22-year-old friend to Logan Regional Hospital for injuries to his hand and shrapnel wounds to his abdomen. Cache County Sheriff deputies, the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents are investigating.

Students attending the Center for Creativity, Innovation and Discovery Charter School are being allowed to return to classes today.  Two roads in the area have re-opened, including the entrance to a cul-de-sac at 125 North off of 400 East, and  Bluff Street between Spring Creek Parkway and 280 North is now open.

At 14-years-old, Kerry began working as a reporter for KVEL “The Hot One” in Vernal, Utah. Her radio news interests led her to Logan where she became news director for KBLQ while attending Utah State University. She graduated USU with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and spent the next few years working for Utah Public Radio. Leaving UPR in 1993 she spent the next 14 years as the full time mother of four boys before returning in 2007. Kerry and her husband Boyd reside in Nibley.