Dayton man sentenced to 30 months in prison for possessing pipe bomb

Kettering police responded March 13, 2020, to Dot’s Market on Patterson Road in Dayton to arrest Rhea on an outstanding warrant when they found a suspected pipe bomb in his vehicle and three methamphetamine pipes, according to the Kettering Police Department and court records.

Kettering police posted on social media at the time that the bomb squad detonated the device at the city of Kettering composting site in the 1800 block of Spaulding Road in Kettering.

The Dayton Police Department’s Regional Bomb safely removed the bomb from the scene, which had a protruding fuse and was filled with powder and BBs, a release said. During a prior arrest, Rhea told law enforcement he uses meth daily, according to the release.