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Posted on Thu, Mar 11, 2010 : 7:14 p.m.

One teenager charged in pop bottle bomb incident, Pittsfield Township police say

By Lee Higgins

One of two teenagers who investigators say set off a "pop bottle bomb" at a Pittsfield Township gas station Tuesday night has been charged in the case, a police news release said.

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Duane Che Cochran

Duane Che Cochran, 17, of Pittsfield Township, is charged with unlawful possession or use of a harmful device causing personal injury and placing an explosive with an offensive substance with intent to injure, the release said.

Charges have not yet been authorized for an 18-year-old Ann Arbor resident also arrested Wednesday, the release said.

Police say the teenagers walked into a Sunoco in the 4000 block of Washtenaw Avenue shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday and placed the device near the counter. After the teenagers left, police say the bottle exploded, leaving a clerk with minor eye and throat irritation from the fumes.

It's unclear why they set off the device, police said.

Comments

Shitari123

Mon, Mar 15, 2010 : 4 p.m.

@TRS80.....This was no "mishap."

trs80

Fri, Mar 12, 2010 : 2:43 p.m.

Federal charges? You sir just DGAF. Let the kid do his time and then he can move on. Lets hope he learns from this mishap or djm will have him sent to guantanamo.

djm12652

Fri, Mar 12, 2010 : 1:17 p.m.

I think there should be federal terrorist charges. Their actions were not a "prank" by any means.