A former Kennesaw State professor was indicted after he allegedly planted a pipe bomb inside of a stolen car, forcing the evacuation of a neighborhood in Acworth, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Cobb County police arrived at Brent Christopher Allsup’s home on July 10 to arrest him on charges of theft by taking and making false statements, according to the AJC.
As police were arresting Allsup on July 10, he told them there was a pipe bomb in the stolen SUV, according to the AJC. Police then evacuated the Acworth neighborhood and removed the device from the vehicle. The bomb was made with a PVC pipe, flash powder, gunpowder and an “electric ignition system,” the AJC reported.
The indictment was returned on Thursday, Oct. 4, and it includes charges of theft by taking, making false statements, unlawful handling of explosive devices and reckless conduct, according to the AJC.
Allsup served as a part-time accounting professor at KSU for seven years. He resigned in October 2017 after KSU Police arrested him on campus on three felony drug charges and a misdemeanor charge for an open container.
Allsup previously worked as a financial analyst for Quikrete, a concrete company, where he was able to buy and sell company vehicles. According to the AJC, after he was terminated from the company in February, he allegedly signed a $25,000 Chevrolet Tahoe over from the company to himself.
KSU police received a call from a witness who said they saw Allsup stumbling around a parking lot on campus, and police later found him unconscious in the Carmichael Student Center. When police searched Allsup’s car, they found prescription pill bottles, a container with eight unknown pill tablets and a beer bottle.
Allsup told the police he had two or three beers, a muscle relaxant and a narcotic painkiller before teaching his 7 p.m. class, and he said his prescriptions were to treat his lower back pain and other medical conditions.
Allsup currently remains in jail on a $10,000 bond, according to the AJC.
