A Milford Township couple accused of setting off multiple explosions in upper Bucks County two years ago accepted responsibility in Bucks County Common Pleas Court on Monday.

            David W. Surman, Jr., 32, of Old Bethlehem Pike, pleaded guilty to one count of weapons of mass destruction and a related conspiracy count before Judge Raymond F. McHugh. Tina M. Smith, 32, of the same address, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing or transporting an explosive or incendiary device, according to information provided by the Bucks County District Attorney.

            McHugh ordered Suman to serve one day less than one year to one day less than two years at the Bucks County Correctional Facility followed by 10 years of probation. Surman, who has been jailed since May following bail violations, is to be presumptively paroled upon serving his minimum sentence provided he continues to serve his prison term with good conduct, according to information posted on the DA's Crimewatch page.

            Surman also pleaded guilty to counts of criminal use of a communications facility and unlawful use of a computer in a separate case related to the discovery of child pornography on an electronic storage device in his home.

            Smith was sentenced to four and a half years of probation for her role as the driver of the vehicle from which Surman tossed the explosives prior to detonation. Both defendants apologized in court for the alarm their actions caused, according to information provided by authorities.

            "I would never hurt another living thing," Surman said. "I didn't even mean to scare people."

            A string of late-night bombings between May and June of 2018 led to roiled residents and placed police departments through Bucks and Lehigh counties on high alert.

            A traffic stop at 4:01 a.m. on June 13, 2018 – moments after the sound of an explosion – at the intersection of Brick Tavern and Allentown roads led to the June 28, 2018 arrest of Suman, a passenger in a black Ford Explorer. The district attorney charged him with four counts each of unlawful possession of a weapon of mass destruction, possessing an instrument of crime and possessing a prohibited offensive weapon as well as one count each of illegal possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.

            Law enforcement officials utilized two identically worded warrants to search Surman's home and business, Consolidated Chemical & Solvents LLC, located in the 2200 block of Spinnerstown Road. At his residence, they discovered four improvised explosive devices that consisted of a container, a fuse and an explosive material. District Attorney Matt Weintraub's office charged him with four counts each of unlawful possession of a weapon of mass destruction, possessing an instrument of crime and possessing a prohibited offensive weapon as well as one count each of illegal possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, according to the police criminal complaint filed in the New Britain court of District Judge Regina Armitage.