16-year-old arrested; planned capturing 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 could have included a bombing at Berkeley High School, police say. 

The teen was arrested Monday, when he turned himself in to police, Berkeley Police Division stated in a press launch. Monday was Memorial Day and there was no college that day. 

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing harmful system materials and threatening to commit against the law which is able to result in dying or great bodily damage.

Police said they received a tip on Saturday that the boy was recruiting others in plans of a capturing that included explosives. Following the tip, police obtained and executed a search warrant for a residence. 

Police didn't say if the teen was a pupil at Berkeley High School.

Upon executing the search warrant, police said they discovered parts to explosives and assault rifles, a number of knives, and digital objects that might be used to create extra weapons. 

At that time, a warrant was obtained for the teen's arrest. 

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"Faculty safety remains a excessive precedence for the division," police stated in a press release. 

Details on whom the teen was trying to recruit were not disclosed. Police stated this case stays underneath investigation. 

Berkeley Unified Supt. Brent Stephens informed the school's community 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 evaluate any potential ongoing risk to its faculties. The district communicated with police on the scholar's whereabouts. 

"As added precautions during this period, we alerted our administrative and safety workers about this investigation and, as is our normal apply, maintained close contact with our BPD School Resource Officer on the Berkeley High College campus," Stephens wrote. "All through the investigation period, we had been assured that this particular person didn't pose a right away threat to the Berkeley Excessive Faculty group."

The district is conducting their own investigation on this matter. 

The district may pursue disciplinary action towards the student. 

As well as, a city corridor meeting titled: 'The way to Discuss to Children About College Violence' supplied by Alameda County Workplace of Education is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.