DOJ v. RAYMOND ELDERS

RAYMOND ELDERS allegedly manufactured and possessed suspected improvised explosive devices in his apartment in White Plains and detonated them on a residential street. According to the complaint, over a period of months, he lit these devices and detonated them in his neighborhood in White Plains, causing unexplained explosions that his neighbors repeatedly reported to the police. As alleged in the Complaint, ELDERS, a convicted felon, was captured on surveillance video on at least two occasions in March 2026 igniting suspected improvised explosive devices and tossing them onto Odell Avenue in White Plains. ELDERS allegedly used materials and supplies to assemble explosive devices. Law enforcement evacuated all residents of the apartment building while FBI explosives specialists secured the scene.

Summary generated from official Department of Justice press release