NEW HAVEN, N.Y. -- A New Haven man who was trying to dismantle a beaver dam Tuesday night will not face criminal charges, according to the New York State Police. Phil Pittman was using tannerite ...

The rifle used to shoot the Tannerite was also seized as evidence. The Montmorency County Prosecutor’s Office will now decided if a charge of removing a beaver dam without a permit will be ...

One of the callers speculated the sounds came from a property with a new owner and that a beaver dam ... a large block of Tannerite, an explosive target, to blow up the dam. The man said he ...

Police say Phil Pittman was using tannerite to blow up a beaver dam in the New Haven area last night. Tannerite is an explosive used for making targets in firearms practice. It can be legally ...