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 faculty capturing that might have included a bombing at Berkeley High Faculty, police say. 

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

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing destructive system supplies and threatening to commit against the law which can lead to death or great bodily damage.

Police mentioned they received 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 High College.

Upon executing the search warrant, police said they discovered components to explosives and assault rifles, a number of knives, and digital items that may very well be used to create extra weapons. 

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

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"Faculty security stays a excessive precedence for the division," police said in a statement. 

Details on whom the teen was trying to recruit weren't disclosed. Police stated this case stays underneath investigation. 

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

After police confiscated the teenager's weapon components, the district relied on police experience to evaluate any potential ongoing danger to its faculties. The district communicated with police on the coed's whereabouts. 

"As added precautions throughout this period, we alerted our administrative and security employees about this investigation and, as is our commonplace observe, maintained shut contact with our BPD School Resource Officer on the Berkeley Excessive Faculty campus," Stephens wrote. "All through the investigation period, we had been assured that this individual didn't pose an immediate menace to the Berkeley Excessive School community."

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

The district may pursue disciplinary action towards the coed. 

As well as, a town corridor meeting titled: 'Tips on how to Discuss to Youngsters About Faculty Violence' offered by Alameda County Workplace of Schooling is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.