Teen who lost thumbs after homemade explosive went off in high school charged
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A homemade explosive was taken March 8 to Newaygo High School and accidentally detonated, police said.
A preliminary hearing for the teen was held Wednesday. He is charged with manufacture/possession of a Molotov cocktail or similar device and possession of a weapon in a weapon-free school zone, the Newaygo County prosecutor’s office said.
A homemade explosive was taken March 8 to Newaygo High School and accidentally detonated, police said.
The teen, four other students and a teacher were hurt.
His father, David Saylor, was charged in state and federal courts with a variety of crimes, including possession of unregistered explosives.
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By - Associated Press - Thursday, April 15, 2021
NEWAYGO, Mich. (AP) - A 16-year-old student who lost both thumbs after his homemade explosive went off in a high school classroom in western Michigan has been charged.
A preliminary hearing for the teen was held Wednesday. He is charged with manufacture/possession of a Molotov cocktail or similar device and possession of a weapon in a weapon-free school zone, the Newaygo County prosecutor’s office said.
A homemade explosive was taken March 8 to Newaygo High School and accidentally detonated, police said.
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Teen whose homemade bomb exploded inside school ‘knows he messed up,’ grandmother says
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NEWAYGO, MI A 16-year-old whose homemade bomb exploded in his hands at Newaygo High School “knows he messed up,” his grandmother says.
“He’s very sorry for what happened. He’s very remorseful. He just can’t believe what he did and just knows he messed up,” Kathy Saylor told MLive outside the rural Newaygo County home raided by police and a bomb squad earlier this week.
“He was just showing his buddy and the friction from pulling it out of his pocket what did they say, that static electricity is what ignited it,” she said.
Police say a student who lost both thumbs after his homemade explosive went off in a high school has been released from a hospital in western Michigan.