Youth Arrested on Possession of Bombs
A 17-year-old Antelope Valley High School student was arrested Friday morning for possessing two pipe bombs on campus, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies said.
Sgt. Bob Denham said a 16-year-old student spotted one of the bombs while observing the 17-year-old lighting gun powder on a table. The younger boy took the bomb and gave it to campus security.
A sheriff’s deputy assigned to the school contacted the older boy and found the second pipe bomb in his pants pocket. The boy was arrested, transported to the Antelope Valley sheriff’s station and later released to his mother. The sheriff’s Arson/Explosive detail took possession of the pipe bombs.
The boy told deputies one of the bombs was made at home and the other in shop at the school.
A report of the incident will be filed with the district attorney’s office, Denham said.
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