A now 71-year-old man who blew up the Fremont County undersheriff’s patrol car with dynamite 52 years ago was arrested again this week, on claims investigators caught him with four pounds of meth.

Alfred “Buzz” Lee Apodaca appeared Friday via virtual link in Riverton Circuit Court from a viewing room in the Fremont County Detention Center. He wore an orange jumpsuit, handcuffs, and black spectacles, and had ruffled black hair and a mustache.

Riverton Circuit Court Judge Dan Stebner set a $10,000 cash-only bond on the case, where Apodaca is charged with one count of possessing meth with intent to deliver and another count of possessing a felony amount of meth.

The first is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and $25,000 in fines, while the second carries a maximum penalty of seven yea

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