{"id":178190,"date":"2026-03-04T19:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/178190\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:36:08","slug":"florida-man-arrested-in-carencro-explosive-devices-seized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/178190\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man arrested in Carencro; explosive devices seized"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAFAYETTE PARISH, LA (KLFY<\/a>) \u2013 A Florida man is arrested following a joint operation involving multiple explosive devices seized and rendered safe, deputies said.<\/p>\n

Orlando Burleigh, 55, of Florida, was being sought by the United States Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on active warrants stemming from a Florida investigation involving discharging a firearm into a building and manufacturing and possessing explosive devices, officials said<\/p>\n

Burleigh was arrested after Okaloosa County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies<\/a> responded to a report of Burleigh allegedly shooting a semi-automatic weapon through his a second-story window into an unoccupied nearby residence on September of 2021. Following the incident, Burleigh was charged with shooting into an unoccupied dwelling and discharging a firearm in public or on residential property, deputies said.<\/p>\n

Burleigh was located and arrested by federal investigators in the 300 block of Hibou Rd. in unincorporated Carencro on March 3, where he had been residing in a camper, deputies said. Deputies searched and deployed a drone into the camper and discovered materials consistent with the construction of explosive devices were observed.<\/p>\n

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The Louisiana State Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit responded and rendered the explosive materials safe. Once the scene was secured, SWAT operators entered the trailer and located five firearms.<\/p>\n

Burleigh was booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on the aforementioned outstanding warrants, along with five additional counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Convicted of Certain Felonies.<\/p>\n

This investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n

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Orlando Burleigh, 55, of Florida,<\/p>\n

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\"Weapons<\/p>\n

Weapons seized from investigation.<\/p>\n

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