Bryce Reed pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess a destructive device and attempted obstruction of justice , according to his lawyer Jonathan Sibley . Lawyer : The only thing that is going to stop this from happening again are the people who have been involved in it. An affidavit says he gave someone components for a pipe bomb . Reed was among the first responders at a West , Texas , plant explosion that left 15 dead . He insists the charges are n't related to the blast ; authorities have n't connected them .
Lawyer : The only thing that is going to stop this from happening again are the people who have been involved in it. An affidavit says he gave someone components for a pipe bomb . Reed was among the first responders at a West , Texas , plant explosion that left 15 dead . He insists the charges are n't related to the blast ; authorities have n't connected them .