An overnight arrest in Hillsborough County led to an extensive search for explosive materials at a Sarasota home.
- Tampa arrest leads feds to search of Sarasota home
- Kenneth Iversen, 23, arrested on drug charges Tuesday in Tampa
- After making statements about explosive materials, authorities search his Sarasota home
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, 23-year-old Kenneth Iversen was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with being in possession of methamphetamine. Deputies said Iversen was taken into custody after trying to flee authorities in the 7900 block of 79th Street.
When he was caught, Iversen told deputies he may have been trying to purchase bomb making materials from stores in Hillsborough County, officials said.
Hillsborough officials contacted the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, which began a search of the home Iversen shares with his mother in the 4000 block of Tonga Drive.
Local and federal officials were brought in as part of the search, along with a hazardous materials team. FBI agents and firefighters spent about eight hours at the home overnight. The search did not yield anything, though officials made no specific statements about the search.
The search concluded just before 8 a.m.
Iversen, who said he is employed as an Uber driver, was arrested last week in Sarasota.
In that arrest report, a deputy said he spotted Iversen sitting in a car smoking a glass pipe. Investigators said they found cocaine in Iversen's car and a loaded gun was hidden in the door panel of the vehicle. Iversen does not have a concealed weapons permit.
Iversen bonded out of jail last week just hours after that arrest.
Now he is back behind bars in Hillsborough County. It remains unclear if he will face additional charges after the search of his home.