16-year-old arrested; deliberate taking pictures with explosives at Berkeley Excessive, police say

BERKELEY, Calif. - A 16-year-old boy was arrested after recruiting others to take part in a mass college taking pictures that might have included a bombing at Berkeley Excessive School, police say. 

The teenager was arrested Monday, when he turned himself in to police, Berkeley Police Department stated in a press release. Monday was Memorial Day and there was no school that day. 

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing destructive device materials and threatening to commit a criminal offense which is able to end in death or great bodily harm.

Police said they acquired a tip on Saturday that the boy was recruiting others in plans of a taking pictures that included explosives. Following the tip, police obtained and executed a search warrant for a residence. 

Police did not say if the teenager was a student at Berkeley High School.

Upon executing the search warrant, police said they found components to explosives and assault rifles, several knives, and electronic objects that may very well be used to create extra weapons. 

At that point, a warrant was obtained for the teen's arrest. 

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"College safety stays a excessive precedence for the division," police mentioned in an announcement. 

Particulars on whom the teen was attempting to recruit weren't disclosed. Police said this case remains beneath investigation. 

Berkeley Unified Supt. Brent Stephens told the school's neighborhood that the district was in close contact with police throughout this investigation. 

After police confiscated the teen's weapon parts, the district relied on police expertise to assess any potential ongoing threat to its faculties. The district communicated with police on the scholar's whereabouts. 

"As added precautions during this era, we alerted our administrative and security employees about this investigation and, as is our commonplace practice, maintained close contact with our BPD College Resource Officer on the Berkeley High Faculty campus," Stephens wrote. "All through the investigation interval, we have been assured that this particular person did not pose a direct risk to the Berkeley High School group."

The district is conducting their very own investigation on this matter. 

The district might pursue disciplinary action towards the scholar. 

As well as, a town hall meeting titled: 'The right way to Speak to Children About Faculty Violence' supplied by Alameda County Workplace of Schooling is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.