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A California man who allegedly ignited a homemade cannon that exploded and killed his girlfriend was charged with murder Thursday and pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors said Richard Fox was drinking with his girlfriend and friends Tuesday at the home in a tiny rural community near the Mexican border. Fox went outside and lit the fuse to a steel pipe that he had stuck into the ground outside, authorities said.
The tube was packed with powder taken from fireworks and some kind of projectile. The girlfriend, 38-year-old Jeanette Ogara, was struck in the chest by shrapnel that tore into the home. Fox injured his leg.
Fox, 39, was also charged with exploding a destructive device and child endangerment, because the couple's sleeping 4-year-old daughter was in their home at the time of the blast. The child was unharmed.
If convicted of all charges, Fox faces life in prison without parole. He remained jailed, and it wasn't immediately clear if he had obtained an attorney. Bail was set at $3.5 million.
Fox served at least three prison sentences in the 1990s for auto theft and weapons possession convictions.
대포 만들어 여자친구 폭사시킨 남성 체포
켈리포니아에서 한 남성이 자신이 제작한 대포를 쏴 여자친구를 죽인 혐의로 목요일(현지시간) 체포됐다.
리차드 폭스(39)씨는 멕시코 국경과 가까이 위치한 자신의 집에서 화요일 자신의 여자친구와 친구들과 술을 마시고 있었다.
폭스 씨는 집 밖으로 나가 마당에 설치 되어있던 대포에 불을 붙였고, 그의 여자친구 자넷 오가라(38)씨는 화약과 로켓추진체 파편을 가슴에 맞고 사망했다. 폭스씨는 다리에 부상을 입었다.
그는 위험 화기와 관련한 혐의를 비롯해 어린이를 위협한 혐의도 받고 있다. 사건 당시 커플의 4살 난 딸이 방안에서 자고 있었기 때문이다. 아이는 다치지 않았다.
모든 혐의가 인정된다면 폭스 씨는 무기징역을 받을 수도 있다. 변호사를 선임했는지는 알려지지 않은 상태이며 현재 구금되어 있다. 보석금은 3백 5십만 달러로 설정되었다.
폭스 씨는 1990년대에 불법무기 소지와 자동차 절도로 최소 3번 이상 구속된 전력이 있다.
