The following is a press release from the Montgomery County Fire Marshal’s Office.
Molotov Cocktail Located on the Grounds of Bush Elementary School
A joint investigation conducted by the Montgomery County Fire Marshal’s Office and the Conroe Independent School District Police Department has concluded with the identification of four (4) teens from The Woodlands. These four juveniles are responsible for an incident on February 22 in which a gasoline bomb, or Molotov cocktail, was used to destroy a $65,000.00 automobile. The teens, three boys and one girl, were students at The Woodlands High School and College Park High School. The incident was the result of retaliation for a drug deal that went bad.
Two gasoline bombs were built in the garage of one of the teens in The Woodlands. Only one device was lit and thrown at the car; the second improvised explosive device (IED) was hidden by the teens in a wooded area on the grounds of Bush Elementary School in The Woodlands, allegedly for later use. A tip to the Montgomery County Fire Marshal’s Office led arson investigators and CISD officers to Bush Elementary School where the unexploded device was located. About 30 students and parents were evacuated from the school playground late Friday afternoon as a precaution while MCFMO investigators and CISD officers searched the school grounds for the second device.
The four teenagers face multiple charges in this incident including 2nd degree Felony Arson of a Vehicle, Manufacturing and Possession of a Prohibited Weapon, and Possessing a Prohibited Weapon in a Weapons- Free School Zone.
March 5, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
They committed an “Adult crime” and so they should be tried, (convicted if guilty) and punished as adults. If they were/are big enough to commit it, then they are big enough to do the time for it.
THe big question is will they get a hand slap like Fredrick’s son on his drug wrap.. and let off by the DA McDougal… seem that Daddy directed his reporters to go soft on McDougl’s drug forfeiture lavish spending spree for the past years, and then to top that off he writes him an endorsement editorial, totally ignoring the facts in the cases, and now you can see why we have an arrogant youth towards the rule of law..
The DNA stays in the region….