Bryce Reed

A former West volunteer EMS was sentenced to 21 months in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to attempted obstruction of justice and conspiracy to manufacture a destructive device.

DALLAS (AP) — A former Texas paramedic faces sentencing on charges that he tried to assemble a pipe bomb, in a case unrelated to the fertilizer plant blast that devastated his town.

A former West paramedic arrested for the possession of bomb-making materials and an unregistered firearm is free today, but still faces trial.