BAYOU BLACK, La. --Stolen gunpowder went up with a bang when a teenager flicked cigarette ash near the open bottle, according to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office.
Alex Joshua Horn and Johnathan Anthony Porche, both 19 and from Bayou Black, remained in jail Wednesday on charges of shoplifting and possessing or making a bomb. Both were arrested Sunday evening.
Wal-Mart workers had called the sheriff's office that evening, saying three teenagers had been asking about gunpowder and PVC pipe.
About 8 p.m. Sunday, deputies were called to a house in Bayou Black, where they found damage from an explosion in the kitchen and dining room. They also found Horn, a resident of the house, and Porche, who lives a block away.
The youths told investigators that the bottle of black powder -- a specific form of gunpowder -- had been shoplifted from Wal-Mart, and Porche's cigarette had touched it off.
Both youths were treated for minor burns before they were booked. More arrests are possible, investigators said.
Alex Joshua Horn and Johnathan Anthony Porche, both 19 and from Bayou Black, remained in jail Wednesday on charges of shoplifting and possessing or making a bomb. Both were arrested Sunday evening.
Wal-Mart workers had called the sheriff's office that evening, saying three teenagers had been asking about gunpowder and PVC pipe.
About 8 p.m. Sunday, deputies were called to a house in Bayou Black, where they found damage from an explosion in the kitchen and dining room. They also found Horn, a resident of the house, and Porche, who lives a block away.
The youths told investigators that the bottle of black powder -- a specific form of gunpowder -- had been shoplifted from Wal-Mart, and Porche's cigarette had touched it off.
Both youths were treated for minor burns before they were booked. More arrests are possible, investigators said.
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