D.A. Warns of Possible Remaining Unexploded Devices

            The girlfriend of a Milford Township man accused of possessing bombs and suspected of creating multiple explosions throughout upper Bucks County has been charged for her alleged role. Tina May Smith, 31, of North Old Bethlehem Pike in the municipality, faces multiple conspiracy charges.

            Late last week, the Bucks County District Attorney filed 24 felony and 24 misdemeanor conspiracy charges, along with one misdemeanor reckless endangerment charge against Smith, according to information posted on the county's Crime Watch PA website. She is accused of driving while her boyfriend David W. Surman Jr. threw improvised explosive devices from an open window of a vehicle, according to an Oct. 12 post.

            Investigators warned the public of the possibility that some devices deployed by the couple earlier this year may have failed to explode and could still be live.

            "As always, our number one priority is to make sure everyone in Bucks County is safe, and we are sharing this information with that priority in mind. This is more an FYI than an SOS," District Attorney Weintraub said in a statement posted on the agency's website.

            The statement notes there have been no reports of explosions related to the investigation since Surman's June 28 arrest. "Nonetheless, we will continue to do our best to protect you by working hard to find any unexploded devices that may remain," Weintraub said. "If you find something suspicious, please do not investigate it on your own. Call 911."

            Smith told police she was with Surman on three occasions where he lit something and threw it out of the window of the car according to the police criminal complaint field in the New Britain court of District Court Regina Armitage.

            On June 28, following the service of two search warrants at Surman's home and his business. Smith said she always drives Surman "around," according to the affidavit of probable cause.

            A search of Smith's bedroom at the same residence turned up a notebook with hand drawn and graphic image depictions of the explosion sites. Some of the images are dated and appear to be initialed by Surman, according to the legal document.

            A July 11 search of Smith's cell phone seized at the residence contained photos of multiple suspected explosive devices. One image, dated April 19, showed ten of these devices consistent with the devices seized from the residence. Another photo appears to be the site of a blast that occurred on May 13 on Lonely Cottage Road. Yet another photo depicts her and Surman in a black Ford Explorer driving on a cartoon roadway with a mushroom cloud exploding behind it, according to the legal document.

            Armitage set bail in the case at ten percent of $1 million cash during an Oct. 12 preliminary arraignment. Smith posted $100,000 bail the same day, according to information posted on a state judicial website.

            A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for 2 p.m. on Oct. 23.