Police: Boy injured trying to make smoke bomb
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By KEITH WALKER/News & Messenger
Published: August 13, 2008
A 15-year-old boy was injured Monday night trying to make a homemade smoke bomb, said Sgt. Tim Neumann, Manassas police spokesman.
The Manassas City Public Communications Center received a call about 7 p.m. from Prince William Hospital reporting that a juvenile had come to the emergency room with burns to his face cause by a minor explosion and a flash fire, Neumann said.
Fire and rescue units were dispatched to the Osbourn High School student’s house to make sure everything was safe after the boy overheated chemicals on the kitchen stove and ignited the flash fire, Neumann said.
Manassas fire marshals executed a search warrant and seized chemicals and other potentially hazardous materials from the boy’s home, Neumann said.
Criminal charges have not been filed pending a review by the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office.
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Posted by ( cobra ) on August 14, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Good God. What in the hell is going on with our kids in the city of Manassas? Kids accused of trying to kill his father, kids throwing stuff out on PW Parkway and now this. Time to start putting a wooping on GENERATION ME!! If they want to do something constructive, how about tearing that sign down over on PW Street. Just kidding.
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