16-year-old arrested; planned taking pictures with explosives at Berkeley High, police say

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

The teen was arrested Monday, when he turned himself in to police, Berkeley Police Department mentioned in a press launch. Monday was Memorial Day and there was no faculty that day. 

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing damaging gadget materials and threatening to commit a criminal offense which is able to lead to dying or nice bodily damage.

Police stated they obtained 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 didn't say if the teenager was a student at Berkeley Excessive College.

Upon executing the search warrant, police stated they found elements to explosives and assault rifles, several knives, and digital gadgets that could possibly be used to create further weapons. 

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

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"School security remains a excessive precedence for the division," police mentioned in an announcement. 

Details on whom the teenager was making an attempt to recruit weren't disclosed. Police stated this case remains underneath investigation. 

Berkeley Unified Supt. Brent Stephens instructed the varsity's community that the district was in shut contact with police during this investigation. 

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

"As added precautions during this period, we alerted our administrative and security employees about this investigation and, as is our normal practice, maintained close contact with our BPD Faculty Resource Officer on the Berkeley High Faculty campus," Stephens wrote. "All through the investigation period, we were assured that this individual did not pose a right away risk to the Berkeley Excessive College group."

The district is conducting their own investigation on this matter. 

The district might pursue disciplinary action in opposition to the scholar. 

As well as, a city corridor meeting titled: 'The way to Speak to Youngsters About Faculty Violence' supplied by Alameda County Office of Education is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.