PLEASANT HILL — A 15-year-old Pittsburg boy has admitted to leaving an unlawful firework on a center faculty campus that later exploded and injured a 14-year-old boy, police mentioned Tuesday.
Nice Hill police Capt. Matt Kristic mentioned the 15-year-old got here to police headquarters final Friday with a father or mother and acknowledged he was the individual seen on surveillance footage bringing the explosive firework onto Nice Hill Center Faculty’s campus round 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 16, when the varsity was empty.
Police mentioned investigators will ship a case to the Contra Costa County District Legal professional’s Workplace for overview and to determine whether or not to file prison costs.
In earlier statements, police mentioned the footage confirmed the suspect stroll into an outside hallway, put the firework on the bottom and light-weight it, the place it ignited however didn't explode. A day later, shortly after 3 p.m. April 17, officers responded to reviews of an explosion on a strolling path close to the 2800 block of Contra Costa Boulevard.
When officers responded to the world, they arrived to seek out first responders treating a 14-year-old affected by critical harm to one in all his fingers. Officers discovered that the teenager, a Nice Hill Center Faculty pupil, had discovered the unexploded firework on campus, took it to the strolling path and lit it. The firework blew up as he held it, police mentioned.
The teenager was taken to UCSF Benioff Youngsters’s Hospital Oakland for therapy of non-life threatening accidents, police mentioned.
Police had earlier described the suspect as about 18 to 22 years previous, about 5-foot-8 and 180 kilos, sporting a dark-colored baseball cap with the capital letter “P” on its entrance, a lavender-colored hooded sweatshirt, dark-colored acid-wash denims and black-and-white checkered slip-on sneakers, and carrying a khaki-colored backpack.
Fireworks are unlawful in all of Contra Costa County, and anybody might name the fireplace district’s arson tip line to report gross sales or possession of fireworks at 866-50-ARSON.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.