FBI releases photos of South Carolina teddy bear bomb

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The FBI has released a photograph of a teddy bear bomb they said was left on a rural South Carolina road by a man who pleaded guilty last year to using a weapon of mass destruction.

The FBI also released a map and a timeline.

Agents say 26-year-old Wesley Ayers admitted to putting six devices in several areas of Anderson County in early 2018.

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Three of them were real bombs while the other three were hoax devices.

DNA evidence helped link Ayers to the crimes.

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He was sentenced in February to 30 years in prison.

FOX 5 News reporting from Atlanta