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Mom charged with helping make pipe bombs
By Associated Press
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- A 43-year-old woman has been charged with a felony after prosecutors said she helped her son make pipe bombs in her home.

Rae Lynn Funston was charged Tuesday in District Court with felony possession of explosives. She is jailed on $25,000 bail. Police said she told them she purchased the PVC pipe and helped her son make the explosives.

Court records said a juvenile probation officer was conducting a routine search of the Funston residence, which is a condition of her 16-year-old son's probation, when he found the pipe bombs in the boy's room.

Deputy Cascade County Attorney Matt Robertson says investigators still haven't determined the bombs' potency or their intended use.

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well, wrote on Oct 12, 2007 8:09 AM:

" they all say that you should spend quality time with your children. be interested to know what other hobbies they enjoy together. "

J wrote on Oct 11, 2007 2:43 PM:

" Another good Irish mother. "

sarah connor wrote on Oct 11, 2007 9:01 AM:

" She was probably teaching him to fight terminators in the future! "

And Some People wrote on Oct 10, 2007 8:46 PM:

" wonder how and why kids end up the way they do. "

mom wrote on Oct 10, 2007 7:29 PM:

" never helped me r my brothers make pipe bombs she sounds like she wants to be involved with her childs activaties. "
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