Man arrested after threatening to detonate a homemade explosive

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man was arrested in Jefferson City Saturday after threatening to detonate an explosive device on the porch of the residence.

On Saturday at approximately 9:14 a.m., Jefferson City police officers responded to the 900 block of Jackson Street to investigate a weapons offense.

A caller reported a subject threatening to detonate an explosive device. The caller also said the male subject had a device in his hands that appeared to be a homemade bomb.

Upon arrival, officers were able to see the device described by the caller had been place onto the floor of the porch.

Attempts were made to take the subject into custody. The suspect threatened to assault officers to force lethal action against him. The suspect refused to comply with orders given on scene and stated he planned to “die today”.

The suspect began manipulating a whiskey bottle in his hand as a weapon. He then attempted to jump over the decking of the porch, but instead was taken into custody.

Once in custody, the subject was identified as 53-year-old Derek Burgin, a wanted person from Ramsey County, Minnesota. Burgin has a no bond felony warrant for a Sexual Offense from that jurisdiction.

He is at the Cole County Jail awaiting formal charges of Saturday's offenses. Charges include making a terrorist threat first degree, unlawful use of weapons, armed criminal action, manufacture of an explosive, unlawful possession of an explosive device, assault third degree, resisting arrest and assault first degree.