MORE | Former KSU professor accused of having pipe bomb in his SUV

As the deputies were arresting Allsup, he told them there was a pipe bomb in the stolen Tahoe, police said. The Cobb County Police Department’s bomb squad had to remove the device, and the subdivision was evacuated until noon. The bomb was made with a PVC pipe, flash powder, gunpowder and an “electric ignition system,” police said.

The indictment, returned Oct. 4, includes charges of theft by taking, making false statements, unlawful handling of explosive devices and reckless conduct.

Allsup was previously charged with three counts of felony drug possession after being found passed out inside the KSU student center in October 2017. At the time, he was

working part-time as a professor in the business college's school of accounting. Allsup told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he had simply mixed up his medications that morning, causing an adverse reaction. Police found an assortment prescription pills and a half-empty beer can in his truck. He resigned from KSU shortly after that incident.

Allsup remains in jail on the latest charges on a $10,000 bond.

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