Pleasant Hill police are looking for a man who brought an illegal firework on the campus of Pleasant Hill Middle School that later exploded and injured a 14-year-old student.
Police received a call at 3:05 p.m. April 17 about an explosion on a walking path near 2800 Contra Costa Blvd.
Police found paramedics at the scene treating the boy for “significant” injuries to his hand, police said.
The boy was taken to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland by ambulance for immediate treatment of his injuries, which were not life-threatening.
Investigators determined the boy found the illegal firework on the ground at the middle school earlier that day.
Campus video surveillance footage showed someone brought the illegal firework onto campus around 2 p.m. on April 16.
While no one else was present, the suspect walked into one of the outdoor hallways, placed the firework on the ground, and lit the fuse. The firework initially ignited but didn’t explode. The suspect then left campus and the unexploded firework remained on the ground in the outdoor hallway, according to police.
The student then found the unexploded firework the next day and lit it on the off-campus walkway.
Police said, based on the footage, the suspect apparently wasn’t trying to harm anyone as no bystanders were present.
The suspect is described as being 18 to 22 years old, standing 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing about 180 pounds.
Anyone with information about the case can call investigators at (925) 288-4688.
When he is arrested and charged, will CoCo district attorney do ? ? ? ?
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Thank You PHPD for your diligence.
That man sure has some petty big jugs
HaHa, exactly what I was thinking.
He’s got moobs. Anybody able to read that sweatshirt?
He must be a heavy pot smoker, Nancy Reagan warned up back in the 70s that boys/men would grow boobs if you smoked pot. What a bunch of BS, I never advanced past a training bra.
The script looks like Farci: The rough translation appears to read, “Don’t touch the knobs, they’re adjusted.”
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What was an unauthorized “man” doing ON campus?
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This “man” could have done worse.
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All public schools should be closed campuses. Meaning, limited and monitored ingress and egress points.
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Yeah easy enough in some midwestern school where snow means everything in indoors, the hallways, everything. Schools in states with nice weather have open floor plans. You’d have to put up a fence and towers on the perimeter, it’d make the school look like a concentration camp.
I wonder what the “P” on his hat stands for?……..
Go Pittsburgh Pirates! Hope he is a fan for wearing the Pirates hat proudly. Assume he knows our last winning season was in 2018 (82-79) and have not won a World Series since 1979.
Any true Pirate fans, this dude looks like Catcher Mike LaValliere (“Spanky”).
Oh, wait, maybe the P stands for “Punk” or something else that starts with a P.
Probably from Pittsburg Ca
14 year old finds fire work (likely short/no fuse) lights it and it exploded in his hand….. what will he come across tomorrow?
I wouldn’t start my search at a gym
Poor guy. He’s gonna get the book thrown at him for worst case scenario practically that could happen for possessing one single firework. Not only that he is getting publicly shamed online as well.
We should be shaming thieves on here.
In transition…
Pyrotechnic?
I am very curious….. “found” a firework and magically found a lighter to light it? sounds like stupid stuff we did when we were kids, we were simply lucky enough not to hurt ourselves. just saying.