16-year-old arrested; planned 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 teen was arrested Monday, when he turned himself in to police, Berkeley Police Department stated in a press launch. Monday was Memorial Day and there was no faculty that day. 

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing harmful system materials and threatening to commit a criminal offense which is able to result in demise or nice bodily damage.

Police mentioned 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 didn't say if the teenager was a scholar at Berkeley Excessive College.

Upon executing the search warrant, police stated they found parts to explosives and assault rifles, a number of knives, and electronic objects that may very well be used to create additional weapons. 

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

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

Details on whom the teen was making an attempt to recruit were not disclosed. Police said this case remains underneath investigation. 

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

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

"As added precautions throughout this era, we alerted our administrative and safety staff about this investigation and, as is our normal follow, maintained close contact with our BPD Faculty Resource Officer on the Berkeley High School campus," Stephens wrote. "Throughout the investigation interval, we were assured that this particular person didn't pose an instantaneous threat to the Berkeley Excessive Faculty neighborhood."

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

The district could pursue disciplinary action in opposition to the coed. 

As well as, a town corridor meeting titled: 'The way to Talk to Youngsters About School Violence' supplied by Alameda County Workplace of Schooling is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.