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Jonathan Grant Thompson, the man behind the popular science-focused YouTube channel King of Random has been charged with two counts of second-degree felony possession of an explosive device.
Thompson, 37, runs the King of Random YouTube channel, boasting about 200 videos and 8.9 million subscribers. His videos are of science experiments and are in the vein of science-based shows on networks such as the Discovery Channel.
Thompson has been making videos and putting them on YouTube since 2010. His videos have garnered more than 1.6 billion combined views.
According to the article the first complaint "resulted from a citizen complaint via Facebook Messenger on June 15 about Thompson exploding a dry ice bomb", and for the second:
Thompson said a friend had left him a bag of powder, which he believed to be from a deconstructed firework.
After lighting a couple of small "control fires" Thompson and Timothy Burgess, 20, of Ontario, Canada, ignited a larger pile which exploded, the police report states. According to the report, firefighters heard the explosion from the nearby fire station.
Google Maps shows there is a South Jordan fire station 0.2 miles from Thompson's home.
The explosion left Burgess with small particles of burned material embedded in his arms, charges say.
Burgess was charged with one count of second-degree felony possession of an explosive device. Court records show prosecutors have asked a judge to issue a $15,000 warrant for his arrest
Originally spotted via AvE's channel.
(Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday January 19 2018, @12:19AM (2 children)
If you didn't see at least a quarter of the trucks there with a shotgun and a rifle in their gun rack at my highschool on any given day, it's because school wasn't in session. This wasn't but twenty-some-odd years ago.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Informative) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday January 19 2018, @06:15AM
They actually set up a shooting range inside the gym.
This was in Moscow, Idaho. The instructor told us that hunting was so popular in Idaho that everyone agreed that gun safety should be taught in schools.
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(Score: 2) by captain normal on Friday January 19 2018, @06:05PM
I was in high school way back in the late 1950s, in West Texas. The guys who had Pickups all had gun racks. Even those of us who had regular cars had at least a 22 rifle in the trunk.
When life isn't going right, go left.