SOUTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A bomb squad was dispatched to a home in South Fayette Township and discovered six chlorine compression bombs that had been placed near the heads of five members of the Janney family while they had been sleeping. had they gone off, they could have been killed or at the very least, seriously injured. Police have now arrested Christopher Janney, aged 16.
Police state that after he had placed the homemade bombs, he left the house. He then texted a friend a message that stated “I went through with my plan.” Police also found the boy had a gas mask as well as a chemical mask and a bag of chlorine tablet. Court documents mention that that Janney had used a pepper grinder to grind up rat poison, but they do not indicate if it was ever used.
Janney has been charged as an adult with conspiracy and reckless endangerment.
Do the people these kids talk to NEVER take it seriously? It seems as if almost everytime, these kids are openly talking about what they are going to do. It looks as if in this case, whoever he texted notified police, but it is obvious by the text message, he had been talking about it for awhile.
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DeziDoo
Oct 7, 2008 at 9:48 am -Thank GOD they didn’t go off! Oh my gosh! How scary!
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CassieMomma
Oct 7, 2008 at 9:53 am -So at least one kid knew about the plan, why hadn’t he said anything???? We are talking about killing people here. What is going on with these kids???? Scary, just scary
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RockRGrl
Oct 7, 2008 at 10:07 am -Wowzers! Scary stuff!
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sugarglider
Oct 7, 2008 at 11:17 am -Uggggh. What is this, sociopath Tuesday?
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Abroad
Oct 7, 2008 at 1:37 pm -This one clearly took it seriously in the end, and made the necessary call to the police, - who also took it seriously.
I think there are a lot of losers out there who like to talk tough, and their friends let them, thinking they are just letting off steam. I have personally heard some pretty graphic descriptions of what someone wanted to do to someone else when I was a teen, - always knew it was just so much morbid (sorry!) day-dreaming. Thank heavens this particular friend realised the difference.
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Stella
Oct 7, 2008 at 4:50 pm -Reminds me of when our oldest son was in the 5th grade (pre-internet age, back when you actually read books). He decided to make rocket fuel. No, I don’t know why. What I do know is we had all these books like: How Nature Works, How Science Works, etc. He absorbed these types of books.
Well, he concocted some sort of mess from stuff around the house. Luckily, for us, one of his friend’s told us. He had hidden everything in a RED duffel bag under WHITE insulation in the attic (meaning it wasn’t hard to locate).
When we asked him what he was going to do with this “fuel” his only response was “build a small rocket.” Sad part, he thought he could do it. I know he didn’t mean to harm anyone with it because of the pages he had marked in the books. But the fact that he hid it was wrong (we didn’t even get into hiding it in the HOT attic, insulation, etc.). We laid it on heavy, though. Sorry to say, that’s when the room snooping started. I hated that, but we felt it was necessary for our family’s safety.
We felt very lucky that his friend told us. It’s so different today, though. If it were to happen today, we would handle it much differently. Makes me very scared for our granddaughter, his daughter, for the future.
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Max The Cat
Oct 9, 2008 at 2:24 am -16 years old and he’s already for all intents and purposes a mass murderer. That’s just mind blowing man. I think I’ll hit my knees for the first time in a very long time tonight and thank the Big Man for my daughters and how they haven’t threaten to kill anyone. Ever. Sometimes I forget how truly blessed I am, and maybe almost as importantly, how bad it can get.
Have a good night my friends……
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