Deputies: Teen planned to make homemade bomb

Mad about the whole deal wrote:

Every stupid boy in the world has taken some Black Cats fireworks apart and played around with them and talked or read about that somewhere.
Its part of growing up and doesnt indicate in my opinion either criminal intent or even that the child is somehow not thinking correctly. He is definitely no threat to anyone.
The police need to concentrate on the violent crimes in this county instead of worrying about ads on Craigslist, Orlando Weekly massage parlor ads, and some child playing with firecrackers.
I believe this has been

robin wrote:

What is this world coming to with kids building bombs an taking them to school. Kids bringing guns to school too. Where are the parents. don't they know what their kids are doing? Parents need to take responsibility for their kids and spend time with them and know who their friends are and what the kids do on line. The world is a much more dangerous place now then when we were growing up inthe 70's and 80's.Parents need to pay more attention to what their kids do, who their friends are .The internet is a dangerous place for kids, one can get access to bomb making instructions, child molestors are out there too, parents monitor your kids computers !

Chris wrote:

Yes everyone does it when they're kids, however not everyone sends a text messages saying they're going to take it to school and set it off there. Yall must be reading only half of the story.

Dawn H wrote:

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Excuse me, Mr. IDIOT, but he TEXT Messaged a friend TELLING him what he was going to do. He was MAKING A BOMB! Did you not read the entire article, Mr. IDIOT PERSON?? He SAID he was going to make a bomb!!! I fail to see just HOW you deem this juvinile to not be a threat.

Dawn H wrote:

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I'm glad that at least SOMEONE read the entire article before saying anything.

Mad about the whole deal wrote:

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Mr Paranoia,
The kid was just BSing around like children do. He probably had neither the ability or desire to do any harm to anyone. Id bet my life on it and I dont even know him.
For chrissakes there is a violent crime committed here every day and the police are out with this ridiculous story. Solve some real crime and stop worrying about some kid with firecrackers. You do know they sell them in Florida dont you?

Onepopo wrote:

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Mad about, usually I'm with you but I'm not so sure on this one. What strikes me is that he had pellets included with the materials he was planning on using. Those pellets could have been some nasty, indiscriminate projectiles if he had managed to set the device off amongst a group of people.
Also he was charged with "possession of a destructive device with intent to do bodily harm." So they developed probable cause not only to charge him with possessing a destructive device but also with intending to use it to harm someone.
As for the cops, in light of the violence that has occurred on campuses across the nation, they can't really ignore this stuff anymore.

Mad about the whole deal wrote:

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Onepopo,
I agree with you its worth checking out however lots of boys unwrap their Blackcats fireworks & think that this sort of activity is interesting.
I knew lots of kids that did the same thing playing with fireworks, not threatening anyone however, and grew up to be accountants, scientists, and professionals.
Obviously I also agree with you the pellets are a little disturbing but it was probably just some sort of talk or something he read in a book.
Maybe Im giving the kid the benefit of the doubt but absent any kind of antisocial behavior or alienation Ill bet the kid had no real bad intentions.
See I feel that most people are really pretty good if taken on an individual basis.
Lets hope that he just wasnt thinking and thats it.
Best regards!