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New Jersey Teen Arrested for Setting Off Smoke Bomb

By Lependorf & Silverstein

A teenager was arrested in Washington Township for allegedly setting off a smoke bomb. According to The Gloucester County Times, the incident occurred in Washington Township on December 17. The teenager was arrested nearly three weeks after the incident for allegedly triggering the device, which reportedly disturbed up to 300 people at the ice rink. On January 13, the youth was charged with a juvenile petition for recklessly creating a risk of widespread injury. It is not specified how the police determined the teenager was responsible for setting off the smoke bomb or if anyone was injured. New Jersey statute 2C:17-2 states: "A person who, purposely or knowingly, unlawfully causes an explosion, flood, avalanche, collapse of a building, release or abandonment of poison gas, radioactive material or any other harmful or destructive substance commits a crime of the second degree...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on February 04, 2011 (boomark / email).