Posted on 05/27/2003 7:47:53 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
Asheville, North Carolina-AP -- Airport police in North Carolina have arrested a juvenile on felony charges -- after the boy checked a suitcase allegedly containing chemicals that could be used to make a bomb.
Officials say baggage inspectors at Asheville Regional Airport discovered the chemicals, an instruction manual on bomb-making and information about bombs from the Internet in the suitcase.
Airport police say authorities removed the boy from his flight Sunday, then arrested him on charges of possessing components of mass destruction. An F-B-I agent says the boy may face additional federal charges.
Authorities won't release the boy's name because he is 14. They did not provide information on where the boy is from or whether anyone was traveling with him.
Any guesses?
Never heard of this charge. So is it now illegal to be in the possession of a fuse, a book of matches or a stopwatch?
The charge probably also requires some sort of demonstrated intent to use unlawfully.
A teenager will make his first court appearance Tuesday, after trying to board a plane at the Asheville Regional Airport with a chemistry set. The 14-year-old boy is in juvenile custody. He faces on felony charge of possessing components of mass destruction.
While police believe it may have been an innocent mistake, the F.B.I. is concerned about some of the items. Some of the materials had been purchased over the internet, and there were instructions on how to create an improvised explosive device.
Boy arrested at Asheville airport with bomb material
No new details there...
Speaking of chemistry sets, I remember in high school science class when our teacher demonstrated the power of pure sodium dropped in water. BOOM!!!
A chemistry set?!?!?! Are they illegal now??
I reckon so.
I do believe the bomb-making manual was what iced it though.
Don't know... I have not been able to find out any further details.
Maybe someone else knows some Asheville news sites.
LOL about the pure sodium. I recall just such a demonstration in our classroom!
My chem sets never came with a bomb making guide.
I've seen such a chemistry set only once in the last 30 years, at a high-end children's toy store. I think it most likely that the liability lawyers and the related insurance companies have driven such products from the general market in order to avoid law suits from the dumb and aggressive. More's the pity.
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Hydrogen Sulfide, fascinating, I'll remember that description. The 'fragrance' reminds me of an egg salad sandwich, the next day.
I used to try to make gunpowder. I'd buy sodiun nitrate and sulfur at the drug store, crush charcoal and mix it .
It never really acted like the real thing but it would burn a hole through my mom's redwood picnic table.
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