Madison police confiscated materials commonly used to construct an “explosive device” from an apartment on the 10 block of North Brooks Street Friday afternoon and arrested 20-year-old Andrew Cockerham in connection to the discovery, according to a Madison Police Department report.
The report rules out any ongoing threat, and assures police stabilized the materials before any injuries occurred.
Responding officers also seized documents from the apartment indicating Cockerham’s intent to distribute the device after a caller tipped them off to the situation, Sgt. Paige Valenta said in the report.
Cockerham was arrested for possession of an explosive device, but no additional information about the nature of the device was released. According to the report, more details will be released as the investigation continues.
Police were unable to confirm Cockerham’s status as a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, and his name is not listed in the university’s online directory.
