A transgender woman at odds with police over the way they listed her gender was arrested for investigation of rigging what appeared to be four pipe bombs to a propane tank at her home, torching her car then running naked along a rural highway.
Catherine Carlson, 53, was arrested on Sunday after firefighters responding to a report of a fire found pipes made to look like bombs on the porch of her trailer home, with a note warning of a booby-trap, authorities said.
About 50 homes were evacuated in Payette, Idaho, when another call came in, reporting a car fire at a storage unit on US Highway 95. The vehicle had been doused in gasoline.
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Another call alerted police to a naked woman running down the highway, carrying what also appeared to be a pipe bomb. Police later learned the pipe contained legal documents, not explosives.
“She’s had some issues with the Payette County jail regarding her sexual orientation,” Payette Police Chief Mark Clark told KIVI-TV. “During questioning, Carlson said she is trying to bring attention to her plight.”
Carlson was being held in Payette County jail on suspicion of use of weapons of mass destruction, arson and indecent exposure. It could not be immediately determined if she had a lawyer.
Carlson legally changed her name to Catherine Carlson more than three decades ago, before she had a sex change operation in 1980.
In 2007, she clashed with authorities over a traffic citation after they included her given name, Daniel Carlson, on some documents. The name Daniel Carlson is listed as an “aka,” or “also known as,” on the citation records.
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A bomb-squad robot was used to blow up the pipes found at the trailer home. The Payette Police Department didn’t immediately respond to a question about the composition of those devices.
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