DCist: Bethesda Teen Bomb Suspect Case Gets Weirder

jimmy523

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:51:56 -0500

excuse me boondoggle, but im pretty sure he has a girlfriend... well probably not anymore. but i go to sjc and i knew a girl who claimed she was his girlfriend. but i bet shes doesnt want to be near him anymore though.

Stanton Park

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:19:33 -0500

My inclination is to agree with hillrat and ajw on this one. Had the police searched my house when I was in high school, they probably would have found a two different lists of my high school teachers' home addresses, a schematic map of the Minneapolis Airport, chemicals that can be used to manufacture explosives, actual explosives, an ID card for the Office of Secret Intelligence, and who knows what other "suspicious" items. We didn't have firearms, but I had friends that had shotguns, including one who brought it to school for a speech class demonstration. Despite having all these things, I have never planned or committed a felony or any violent crime. Simply possessing these items, without some concrete plan to commit a crime, could be completely innocent. This list of items seems to have been released to scare the public and try the case in the media prior to a trial.Having sad that, I also never attempted to steal someone's car or used Police Department stationery to obtain controlled items. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.

monkeyrotica

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:24:38 -0500

Ah, the halcyon days of the 1970s, full of chemistry sets and baking soda volcanos and beer can mortars made out of duct tape and M80s. Try that nowdays and you've bought yourself a one-way ticket to GitMo and a backyard full of dead labradors. Kids nowdays will never know the simple pleasures of re-enacting the Kennedy Assasination with their friends on skateboards and bicycles. It's just not the same with helmets and kneepads. If Iron Eyes Cody were alive today, he'd weep for his littered landscape and the children being raised by World of Warcraft and Jenna Jameson.

Max Fortres

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:11:53 -0500

I am an old man now, but I too used to blow things up at that age. Every model airplane and car in the neighborhood got blown up and lit on fire. That was normal behavior. It was great training for Viet Nam. Nowadays kids, are faced with war in Iraq, where bombs (IEDS) are a little more sophisticated. This young lad seems to have been bitten by the curiosity bug. As for the weapons, his father is old enough to have these in his house. I believe the Supreme Court recently ruled the 2nd amendment is indeed a God given right, NOT to be infringed upon. The second amendment says: A WELL REGULATED MILITIA, BEING NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. Seems to be pretty clear to me, although 4 of our Supremes may or may not be illiterate. I didn't see an age restriction in that amendment or anything about hunting weapons only. It looks to me that father and son are taking up their GOD GIVEN right to join a well regulated militia. As for the note, it appears to be covered by the 4th Amendment. Unless the police had probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the exact thing to be seized, the kid is well within his rights to be secure in his person, house, paper and effects against unnreasonable searches and seizures. My only hope for this country is that there are millions more father and sons, like the Gudes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zoDLI3HszU&feature=related

ajw_93

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:20:04 -0500

Aw, hell. In high school, my friends used to blow sh*t up before heading off to the corn field for a kegger, after which experimenting with electric circuits would be done, then some time spent online (phone physically on the modem a la wargames). Next day's English class would be spent debating whether qmodem or xmodem was faster. More blowing sh*t up after school. Hell, for senior prank, they cut up a car and winched it to the roof of the school building. That was with acetylene torches! While listening to hair metal! The school was empty of boys on the first day of deer season. I did have at least one friend with a family stash of weapons including revolvers, semiautomatic pistols, shotguns, rifles and at least one assault weapon. No motorcade maps, though. Today, these folks would be in the next cell over from Gude instead of in the NHS. But it was the 80s. SO pre-9/11. I can only imagine what would have happened if the local Catholic school didn't stop at grade 8.

Bethesdaist

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:42:16 -0500

He looks like a young Keifer Sutherland, doesn't he? At least his collar isn't popped in his mug shot.

wheresmycoffee

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:39:03 -0500

i like "normal suburban Maryland kids as if that means anything.

monkeyrotica

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:58:30 -0500

[adds tourists in CIA/FBI/Calvin Peeing teeshirts to list]

kae

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:43:45 -0500

Tourists that buy t-shirts from vendors that have the letters CIA or FBI printed on them - Beware! You could be accused of trying to impersonate a CIA or FBI officer should a search for a weapons cache be conducted at your home. And what if you are wearing said t-shirt at the time of the search?!

cminus

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:43:29 -0500

You forgot Ray Jay Johnson, Linda Lavin, and the Old Man from Scene 24. They must have been on the burned parts. And speaking of burned parts, I'm very disappointed that the strike tag around "Frighttorium" showed up in preview, but not the final.

Disco Stu

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:36:02 -0500

cminus, i give that list a b plus! Has it occured to the authorities that this kid may just be too into LARP?

monkeyrotica

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:35:10 -0500

Cyberdyne Systems already made the list, along with Weyland-Yutani, Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems ("Where the Future Begins Tomorrow!"), Matsumura Fishworks, and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern.

boondoggle

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:25:38 -0500

Also, I suppose its merely a coincidence these arrests are made right after the MoCo police computer system switched over to Skynet? I've been to the future, I've seen things: technology may be a good slave but it makes a terrible master. -- monkeyrotica: Don't forget to add SkyNet to your list. They made us sit through two movies before sending back a hot chick.

monkeyrotica

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:16:39 -0500

You forgot Ray Jay Johnson, Linda Lavin, and the Old Man from Scene 24. [adds cminus to list]

boondoggle

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:58:16 -0500

C'mon people! This is just a phase everyone goes through at some point. The only crime comitted here is 'needs a girlfriend'.. and surely you don't lock someone up for that?

cminus

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:52:54 -0500

If you'll excuse me, I have to get back to burning my extensive lists of teachers and people who've done me dirt. Monkeyrotica's Revenge List: Bill Of Rights John McCain Fat-Free Lard Gravity The Teen Choice Awards My Ninth Grade Biology Teacher at Our Lady of Perpetual Motion The Frighttorium Billy Crystal Time-Traveling Martin Van Buren Soloflex Phil Mendelson Stern Lecture Plumbing Econo-Save

Bethesdaist

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:50:14 -0500

I just want to mention how MoCo isn't totally getting disparaged in the press because of this kid. PG has gotten enough bad press lately so it's interesting to note that MoCo is trying to keep up the pace in the MD suburbs bad press race. I look forward to the "All Hands on Deck" response with a roadblock at Balducci's. Bethesda Represent!

monkeyrotica

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:07:32 -0500

No Bladezone. Moral of the story: catholic school f***s your s**t UP. I know whereof I speak. I haven't been quite the same since I graduated from the Little Sister's of No Mercy and Our Lady of Perpetual Motion. If you'll excuse me, I have to get back to burning my extensive lists of teachers and people who've done me dirt.

SpeakSoftlyCarryABigStick

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:05:51 -0500

Is this what the "Johnnies" are being taught nowadays? How to get your ass handed to you by a 78 year old in a failed car-jacking! I mean you have to actively want to lose that fight in order for it not to be pulled off. As a local Catholic school grad (not St. Johns, thank God!), I am really disappointed in the kids these days. All books and no brains. The schools need to bring back corporal punishment, that will brighten these kids up quick.

monkeyrotica

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:58:50 -0500

What the report failed to mention was that the CIA and other fake IDs were drawn in crayon with the "r"s and "p"s backwards and were coverd with Dora the Explorer stickers. When the authorities came to sieze the liquid chemicals and weapons, the alleged bombmaker was heard to yell, "Swiper no swiping! Swiper no swiping! Swiper no swiping!"

Bladezone

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:57:46 -0500

Thing is, Cranky, I'm pretty sure he had his fair share of being junkpunched, and that might've led him to do these things. I was just reading an article in Esquire (August) - that details the life of this kid who shot up NIU not too long ago. He was mocked, neglected, junkpunched (probably, but not mentioned in article), and these, along with a couple other factors - caused him to go beserk at NIU. Moral of the story: junkpunching = funny as it may sound - ineffective nonetheless.

fafou

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:48:43 -0500

Kev29

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:48:22 -0500

Note to PG County Police - no dogs have yet been killed in this story. Also, proper search procedures were used.

OldPosterKnownAsCranky

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:45:19 -0500

Sounds like the kid needs some mandatory junk punching.

DAJ

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:43:32 -0500

I am so on board with this story. I hope it gets some legs and we get to hear even more sordid details of the crazy MoCo potential assassin of '08. Although, I guess someone is going to have to think up a better name than that.

hillrat

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:40:17 -0500

Indeed, registeringsucks indeed. Hey, I was a normal kid who even belonged to a rifle club and used to shoot every week; but I never had a cache of assault rifles in my crib.

registeringsucks

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:36:01 -0500

I think it's safe to jump to the conclusion that people don't stockpile assault weapons because they are good natured, decent human beings who mean no ill will.