Indiana News

No Adult Charges for Teen Over Indiana fair Explosive

   LAPORTE, Ind. (AP) _ A 16-year-old who brought an explosive device to a northern Indiana county fair for the thrill of seeing people's reaction won't face adult charges.
 
  LaPorte County Prosecutor Robert Szilagyi says possession of a handgun would automatically move a juvenile into adult court, but possession of explosives does not.
 
  The teenager who carried the device and another who interfered with sheriff's deputies were arrested July 1 at the LaPorte County Fair, about 25 miles west of South Bend. A police bomb squad dismantled the device. The teen charged with making the bomb was arrested the following day.
 
  Szilagyi tells The LaPorte County Herald-Argus if the teens had tried to detonate the device, they could be tried as adults.
 
  He wants people to urge state legislators to change the law.
 

Related posts

Fort Wayne woman steals mail from area residences, sentenced to 51 months in prison

Brooklyne Beatty

Indiana DNR, Duck Hunters to Help with Bird Flu Monitoring

Darrin Wright

Woman nearly drowns at local YMCA, dies at hospital

Brooklyne Beatty