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

BERKELEY, Calif. - A 16-year-old boy was arrested after recruiting others to participate 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 Division said in a press release. Monday was Memorial Day and there was no school that day. 

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing damaging gadget supplies and threatening to commit a criminal offense which is able to result in dying or great bodily injury.

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

Police didn't say if the teen was a pupil at Berkeley Excessive School.

Upon executing the search warrant, police said they discovered components to explosives and assault rifles, a number of knives, and digital gadgets that might be used to create additional weapons. 

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

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"School safety remains a high precedence for the division," police said in a press release. 

Details on whom the teenager was making an attempt to recruit were not disclosed. Police mentioned this case stays beneath investigation. 

Berkeley Unified Supt. Brent Stephens advised the varsity's neighborhood that the district was in close contact with police during this investigation. 

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

"As added precautions during this era, we alerted our administrative and security staff about this investigation and, as is our normal apply, maintained close contact with our BPD College Resource Officer on the Berkeley High College campus," Stephens wrote. "All through the investigation period, we had been assured that this particular person did not pose a right away menace to the Berkeley High College neighborhood."

The district is conducting their own investigation on this matter. 

The district could pursue disciplinary action towards the scholar. 

In addition, a town hall assembly titled: 'The way to Speak to Kids About School Violence' provided by Alameda County Workplace of Training is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.