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8/5/2013 7:48:58 PM
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Utah Beauty Pageant Winner Throws Bombs at Houses

[quote]A Utah beauty pageant winner and three other 18-year-olds have been arrested on suspicion of throwing crudely-made bombs at ten homes. Unified Fire Authority Capt. Clint Mecham said authorities began receiving calls late Friday of people throwing explosives out of a vehicle around Riverton, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Arson investigators looked at the scene of one such incident and found four plastic water bottles with pieces of aluminum foil and a chemical substance that was detonated on roads near a home. “All of us were surprised when we not only had one occurrence, but up to 10 occurrences of this happening,” Mecham told Fox 13 News. “They were actually throwing these at people with the intent to cause harm, with the intent to cause harm to either people or property: This goes well beyond a teenage prank.” A witness tipped off police about the four suspects: Kendra McKenzie Gill, the 2013 Miss Riverton pageant winner, John Reagh, Shanna Smith and Bryce Stone. The four reportedly confessed to the incidents and police said they bought the bomb materials at a Walmart, according to Fox 13 News, but no motive has been revealed. Stone told police that the group was “pranking” with fireworks, and a search of his vehicle’s trunk uncovered remnants of a case of water bottles matching the ones that were exploded, aluminum foil and toilet bowl cleaner, jail records say. [/quote]This is relevant to my interests.

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  • To be fair, I don't think they realized the danger in what they were doing. These aren't like pipe bombs or incendiary bombs. The reaction between the aluminum and the hydrochloric acid in the toilet bowl clear heats up gas in the bottle, causing it to expand and explode loudly. The real danger is that when the bottle explodes, that there still may be hydrochloric acid and other hot liquids present that could burn anyone that they splashed on when the bottle explodes. I doubt it was terrorism or even intentionally done to hurt people. Far more likely the kids were completely ignorant of what the chemicals were or what they were doing and found the reactions to the loud bang funny. My guess is they saw it on youtube and repeated, completely unaware that the acid inside the bottle is dangerous.

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