NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – A Brooklyn man was indicted Thursday for allegedly throwing an explosive device into a Verizon utility van and injuring two workers during a road-rage attack in Brooklyn earlier this year.
Kevindale Nurse, 36, was arrested Thursday morning on a charge of arson. He was set to appear in Brooklyn federal court in the afternoon.
The charge stems from an altercation at President Street and Brooklyn Avenue in Crown Heights on the evening of Jan. 31.
Two Verizon repairmen were working on high-speed data lines and fiber optic equipment in the area when Nurse drove up in a white minibus with his 4-year-old son in tow, according to the indictment.
It’s unclear exactly what angered Nurse, but prosecutors said video shows him driving the minibus “erratically” and then cutting off the Verizon van before hurling the explosive device into the driver’s side window—with the workers inside.
The device exploded inside the van and the workers suffered multiple injuries, prosecutor said. The van also had extensive damage after the blast, according to the indictment.
In a statement, Breon Peace, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said road rage might be common in the city “but this dangerous and senseless attack on a busy intersection in the heart of Brooklyn was beyond the pale.”
Among the agencies involved in the investigation was the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ New York Division. Bryan Miller, a special agent in charge with the ATF, said it was “unconscionable” a driver would use explosives while road raging.