Bomb-making Materials Found at Newport Beach School

December 12, 2007

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Authorities on Tuesday arrested a 12-year-old boy who they said brought bomb-making materials to his Newport Beach school, stowing some of the items in his locker.

Students at Horace Ensign Intermediate School were evacuated to an athletic field as a bomb squad swept the campus and anxious parents gathered outside the school.

“He had the equipment to manufacture a type of acid bomb that was not put together but could obviously cause serious injury,” said Evan Sailor, a spokesman for the Newport Beach Police Department.

The boy, who was not identified, was taken to O.C. Juvenile Hall while authorities investigated the incident. Police said there was no immediate explanation why the components were brought onto campus.

The incident began early Tuesday when a student notified campus security about what he thought were drugs in the boy’s possession, according to police. Called to the campus in the 2000 block of Cliff Drive at 11:30 a.m., Newport Beach police and fire officials said they searched the boy’s locker, discovered the materials and immediately locked down the school, evacuating about 1,100 students.

Authorities would not describe the materials in detail, except to say that they were for a device made by filling a plastic bottle with an acid and a base to create the type of chemical reaction caused by mixing vinegar and baking soda.

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