Three Dundalk Bottle Bombs Reported in Four Days
An arrest was made in connection with the explosion of a bottle bomb at Dundalk High School on May 25.
Three incidents involving bottle or "Drano" bombs have been reported in the North Point precinct over the past week, according to Baltimore County Police Department officials.
One of the devices was detonated inside the Dundalk High School gym on May 25, during the school's senior farewell picnic, resulting in the arrest of an 18-year-old student, police said.
The other two incidents occurred over the weekend.
The three local incidents makes a total of six so far this year in Baltimore County, according to public safety spokeswoman Elise Armacost.
Two bottle bombs have been reported in the White Marsh precinct, and another in the Franklin Precinct resulted in the arrest of a 13-year-old boy, Armacost said in an email to Dundalk Patch.
"Our bomb squad says it typically sees an uptick in (the) use of these devices as school lets out each summer," Armacost said in the email.
The three instances of bottle or so-called "Drano" bombs in the Dundalk area began with the indoor explosion of a device at Dundalk High School on May 25.
The devices are made with drain cleaners and other common household items using instructions readily available on the Internet.
Officers used surveillance video to identify the student who set the bomb on the ground. Marco DeJuan Jones, 18, of the 2700 block of Seamon Avenue, was charged with possessing/using a destructive device and creating a disturbance on school property, Armacost said. Jones is free on a $50,000 bond.
No injuries were reported.
In the most recent incident, a resident told police he was at home in the 6800 block of Tall Oaks Road in Edgemere at about 11:30 p.m. May 27 when he saw an unfamiliar man run across his front yard, get into a car and drive away at a high rate of speed.
The victim said he saw a clear bottle on his front lawn and, upon picking it up, reported that it was extremely hot. The man left the bottle on the ground, where it exploded, splashing some of its contents onto him, causing minor injuries.
He found a second bottle containing liquid in his yard the following morning and called police.
In another local incident, on May 26, an off-duty Baltimore County police sergeant reported that he was at home in the 2400 block of Eugene Avenue in Edgemere when he heard a loud noise at about 12:30 a.m., according to Armacost.
Later that morning, he discovered the remnants of what appeared to be an explosive device. No injuries were reported.
Building, setting off or possessing a so-called Drano bomb is a felony punishable by up to 25 years and/or fines up to $250,000, according to Armacost.
Buzz Beeler
11:31 pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Another sign of the times. Marge the sad part is you last paragraph. I don't know of any youths who could afford a $250,000 fine and you had a judge not long ago gave a mother 10 months for killing her baby.
Kids don't go to jail, they are released into the custody of their parent, usually singular in life and verbage or verbiage if you prefer.
I remember one kid telling the officer fingerprinting him for grand theft auto, to hurry up because he was going to late for dinner.
The system is literally a joke.
Gloria McJilton
8:46 am on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
My question is this, is the 18 year old student who was arrested for the Dundalk High bottle bombing, a student at Dundalk High School? And, if so, why? His address is Seamon Ave which is not located in Dundalk. For at least the past 20 years of which I am aware, we have had students attending Dundalk High School who do not live in the community and this has resulted in many serious problems. Does anyone know if he is a registered student at Dundalk? Another question, if he is not a student, what was he doing there?
Marge Neal
9:56 am on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Gloria ... That's a good point. I'll look into it.
keith
9:11 am on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
patapsco has over 20% from out of the area
Candy Richardson
10:02 am on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Keith, Patapsco is a magnet school, therefore they could come from anywhere in Baltimore County.
Dundalkwatchdog
3:15 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Seamon Ave is in Baltimore City
Kennedy fraizer
6:06 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Its really sad how these articles posted are so one sided. The student from dundalk was an honor roll student and has never been in trouble. From what I know his dry ice water bottle wasn't intended to be a bomb. Get facts before landing judgment you'll be surprised missing pieces to stories that are always left out.
Angel
9:01 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Thank you @ Kennedy Frazier. This is so true. All of the facts are the story were not told. The young man, which I shall not reveal as to how I know, is an honor roll student, a good young man, has never been in trouble and nothing on his record. What THIS article fails to tell everyone is that it was not intentional. It was dry ice that was placed into a bottle, WHICH HE WAS NOT AWARE that it was dry ice. It was a simple mistake that could lead to his future being taken away. My question to the school is, why didn't you inform the students of dry ice and why was it present in the first place? This is completely ridiculous and of course EVERYONE is so QUICK to pass judgement. Do some research and get your facts straight!!!!
Kennedy fraizer
1:13 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
Sounds like this wasn't grounds for an arrest. Something is wrong with this story if the school provided the ice then failed to tell the students of the dangers. Something is fishy here. Hope the kid makes out if this is true. That's a wrongful arrest in my opinion and no one got hurt it says in the article. If it were my child the school system and all parties involved would pay the price (legally) if this happened to me. Wow! Be careful sending your kids to school is all I can say. So
unfortunate !!!!! ALL KIDS AREN'T PRANKING!!!!! And every young male in Baltimore MD isn't always up to no good.