Twins from Chester County are accused of setting off IEDs at multiple locations in Lancaster and Chester Counties.- Download the WGAL appBrothers Daniel Tate and Caleb Tate, both 22, are accused in a string of bombings that happened in December 2015, when the pair was home from college on winter break.“The defendants exploded the devices in five separate locations in Chester County and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, destroying multiple buildings,” reads a statement from the Chester County District Attorney’s Office.On Dec. 30, 2015, investigators say the brothers blew up a pipe bomb at an Amish phone shed in Colerain Township. The phone sheds are shared by Amish families who do not allow phones in their home.On Dec. 31, the brothers detonated an IED at an Amish produce shed in Strasburg Township, according to investigators. Later that day, another bomb blew up a well pump shed in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County.The twins are also accused in a Dec. 20 bombing in Highland Township, Chester County, which destroyed a mailbox and an IED detonation in a wooded area of Londonderry Township, Chester County, on Dec. 22.“We live in a world where the thought of bombs exploding around us is a very real fear. These defendants brought that fear to our region during a two-week spree where they detonated multiple IEDs,” District Attorney Thomas Hogan said in a news release. “The Pennsylvania State Police and ATF did an outstanding job investigating this.”The twins are charged with arson by explosion, arson by possession of explosive devices, conspiracy, theft and related charges.No one was injured in any of the explosions.Investigators said they tracked down the twins via surveillance video, which showed them shoplifting materials for the IEDs from local stores. Investigators said some of the items were also charged to a credit card in one of the defendant’s names. Additionally, investigators said the matched Daniel Tate’s fingerprint to electrical tape recovered at one of the scenes.

Twins from Chester County are accused of setting off IEDs at multiple locations in Lancaster and Chester Counties.

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Brothers Daniel Tate and Caleb Tate, both 22, are accused in a string of bombings that happened in December 2015, when the pair was home from college on winter break.

“The defendants exploded the devices in five separate locations in Chester County and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, destroying multiple buildings,” reads a statement from the Chester County District Attorney’s Office.

On Dec. 30, 2015, investigators say the brothers blew up a pipe bomb at an Amish phone shed in Colerain Township. The phone sheds are shared by Amish families who do not allow phones in their home.

On Dec. 31, the brothers detonated an IED at an Amish produce shed in Strasburg Township, according to investigators. Later that day, another bomb blew up a well pump shed in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County.

The twins are also accused in a Dec. 20 bombing in Highland Township, Chester County, which destroyed a mailbox and an IED detonation in a wooded area of Londonderry Township, Chester County, on Dec. 22.

“We live in a world where the thought of bombs exploding around us is a very real fear. These defendants brought that fear to our region during a two-week spree where they detonated multiple IEDs,” District Attorney Thomas Hogan said in a news release. “The Pennsylvania State Police and ATF did an outstanding job investigating this.”

The twins are charged with arson by explosion, arson by possession of explosive devices, conspiracy, theft and related charges.

No one was injured in any of the explosions.

Investigators said they tracked down the twins via surveillance video, which showed them shoplifting materials for the IEDs from local stores. Investigators said some of the items were also charged to a credit card in one of the defendant’s names. Additionally, investigators said the matched Daniel Tate’s fingerprint to electrical tape recovered at one of the scenes.