A VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT has been arrested and charged earlier today for manufacturing an explosive device.
The fire marshal’s office was called to the school on Monday to hear a complaint about the student making a threat to “bomb” the school. Working diligently through the day of investigations, the FM gathered enough evidence to obtain a search warrant for the house where the unnamed juvenile lives.
Inspectors and the police bomb squad found 28 explosive devices (molotov cocktails and pipe bombs) and the materials and equipment to manufacture them. He was arrested and charged early this morning and was being held for an arraignment later today. Officials believe that he will be continued to be held without bond. He was arraigned this afternoon and ordered held without bond. Additional charges were laid and he is now facing 10 counts of Possession of Explosive Materials and one count of Possession of Weapons of Terrorism.
WVEC-TV has this video report:
Investigators say that two other teens are implicated and more arrests may follow. They also say that the items taken away by the bomb squad “were more than just fireworks” and had the potential to do great damage.
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