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Amherst Teenager Found Not Guilty of Explosives Charges

By Altman & Altman

In Hampshire Superior Court, a Massachusetts jury acquitted 19-year-old John Robison of charges that he set off explosives to intentionally cause injury or property damage. If convicted, the Amherst teen could have been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. Formal charges against him included one count of setting off detonating devices close to property or people and three counts of malicious explosion. In 2008, a vendor of laboratory equipment that became suspicious about an order the teenager placed contacted South Hadley police. The cops, who went to Robison?s home, spent three days evacuating volatile chemicals, including some of what they considered ?high explosives,? from the residence. They worked with the FBI on safely removing the explosives...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).