Local News in Brief : Explosives Violations Charged to TV Actor
Television actor Todd Anthony Bridges of “Diff’rent Strokes,” has been charged with illegal possession of explosives, the Los Angeles district attorney’s office reported Wednesday.
Bridges, 20, of Northridge, was arrested March 28 in connection with bomb threats made against a Van Nuys businessman hired to make alterations on the actor’s car.
Bridges was charged Tuesday with three felony counts alleging possession of destructive devices or explosives with the intent to injure or intimidate a person or destroy property, a spokesman from the district attorney’s office said.
Bridges, who played Willis Jackson on the recently canceled ABC sitcom, is also accused of possessing materials with the intent to make explosives.
Bridges, who is free on $5,000 bail, is scheduled to be arraigned today in San Fernando Municipal Court.
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