Ohioan charged in man's explosion death

GYPSUM, Ohio (AP) -- A man whose friend was killed by shrapnel from a homemade explosive device has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and using a dangerous ordnance while intoxicated.
Mark Gulau, 35, of Gypsum, ignited gunpowder that had been packed with paper towels into a pipe welded onto a steel plate, said Sgt. Randy Riedmaier, an Ottawa County sheriff's detective.
Jeffrey Bodi, 34, of Oak Harbor, was sitting on tires 20 feet away in a corner of a garage when the device blew apart and a piece of pipe hit him in the face early Sunday.
Bodi died instantly of head injuries, said Tom Schultz, a coroner's investigator. The autopsy was done Sunday, but Schultz said he was awaiting toxicology results.
The explosion was so powerful that detectives found pieces of pipe embedded in the side of a nearby house and in the front of a tractor-trailer.
"Whatever it was, it threw shrapnel in many different directions," Chief Deputy Bob Bratton said.
Gulau was being held without bond in the Ottawa County jail pending a court appearance.
He faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
Five or six adults were at the home where the explosion occurred around 2 a.m. Sunday, but no one else was injured, Riedmaier said.
Gypsum is about 40 miles southwest of Toledo.