Authorities found 14 improvised explosive devices in a Tennessee home while arresting a man who had threatened to kill public officials.

Polk County Sheriff's deputies on Friday arrested 54-year-old Kevin Wade O'Neal for threatening to kill public officials and law enforcement personnel.

Officers found 14 improvised explosive devices while executing a search warrant for a man who had threatened to kill public officials and tried to detonate the devices as he was being arrested, Tennessee authorities said Saturday.

Officers were executing a warrant in the home of Kevin Wade O'Neal in Old Fort, about 45 miles (70 kilometres) east of Chattanooga, after he had threatened to kill public officials and law enforcement personnel in Polk County.

Polk County, Tn., Sheriff's deputies found 14 explosive devices inside the Old Fort home of Kevin Wade O'Neal, whom they arrested Friday for alleged threats.

A Tennessee man faces numerous counts of attempted murder after allegedly trying to detonate explosives while law enforcement officers were apprehending him in his home, according to authorities. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said 54-year-old Kevin Wade O’Neal was arrested Friday and charged with 11 counts of attempted first-degree murder for the attempted murders of nine detectives and deputies,

Police found 14 improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, in Kevin Wade O’Neal's home Saturday while executing an existing search warrant for threatening to kill public officials and law enforcement personnel in Polk County.