Teen charged with making soda bottle bombs

A teenager said he set off the "bombs" in his Bel Air community.

[doit]

If anyone is wondering why kids don’t play outside anymore, laws like this are a big part of it...

[codprawn]

So in the USA you can shoot a 44 magnum but you get arrested for dry ice in a bottle? Crazy country!

[Guap]

They literally ruined this kid's life with felony bomb-making charges for doing something that was common in the 90s and was seen as kids being kids. What a pathetic bunch of "laws"

[optimusslime]

“According to the law it’s an IED” is so ridiculous. I hope the case got dropped. It’s a kid playing with soda bottles and they act like he’s a war criminal. Good job cops 👌

[andrewwranglers]

I used to do this as a kid, never thought I would get in trouble. Poor kid being a kid. They make him sound like a criminal

[bearieroblox]

He gets 2 felony charges, when you can LITERALY LEGALLY BUY FIREWORKS/FIRECRACKERS.

[vgnvideogameninja]

Next thing you know, they'll be handing out felony charges to kids popping paper bags.

[josephastier]

By this legal standard the stuff we did as teenagers in the 1970's would have gotten us executed.

[jtdjacksondillon]

Dry ice in a water bottle literally makes a loud sound and the bottle goes like five feet away.... It's not an improvised explosive.

[bigassjoe]

"erm, actually it's an illegal hand made explosive🤓" ok terry, we get it, you hate fun.

[willwhisnant]

The baking soda and vinegar volcano you used to make in science class will get you 20 to life now. They probably classify model rocketry as operating a surface to air weapon system.

[pokey]

Are you kidding 2 felonys for this? Ruin the whole kids life. What a horrible state...

[itsfissy]

If someone says "device" one more time I'm gonna die.

[xxgotyalegsxx]

Dude did nothing wrong imagine messing around as a 17 year old in your back yard and all of the sudden police at ur doorstep arresting you and you’re facing 2 counts of felony charges!

[hahalongboy]

An explosion so violent that it doesn’t even shake the camera that’s 4 feet away. Give me a break

[recklesslyamerican]

Imagine reporting this story with a straight face. Hell, imagine charging this kid with not one but 2 felonies for this and being able to sleep at night.this is absurd.

[sammiieboi]

a felony! wow he's a kid playing with dry ice! in his backyard .. poor kid !

[scrappydoo]

Thanks guys for protecting us from those big, scary baking soda and vinegar poppers! I can now sleep knowing no one is gonna pop a bottle outside my window. Poor kid was just having fun.

[Bear-nuxm]

The kid doesn’t deserve 2 felonies!!! Come on!

[AtmoTacOutdoors]

This is ridiculous. We’ve all done stuff like this as a kid. he is not a criminal and it’s despicable to prosecute him like he is. Felonies? Really? For dry ice and soda bottles?