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Two Peachtree City boys have been charged with manufacturing an explosive device after police say they injured a mail carrier with the device they put in a mailbox to get even with a local bully. According to an Associated Press news report, the teenagers – ages 15 and 16 – admitted that they planted the device in the mailbox.

Their names are not being released because of their age. According to the article, the boys threw one of the devices onto the porch of a home where the 17-year-old boy, the target of the attack, reportedly lived. The mailman then found another device that was placed in the home’s mailbox. He reportedly suffered minor chemical burns and an inhalation injury, the newspaper reports.

This is apparently a case where the boys, who were pushed around by this neighborhood bully, decided to get back at him by trying to pull off this prank and in the end landed themselves in a lot of trouble. Georgia Juvenile crime cases are complicated and can go from bad to worse very quickly without the expertise of an experienced and knowledgeable criminal defense attorney.

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A Piedmont Judicial Circuit Juvenile Court Judge has ruled that a 15-year-old high school student, who wreaked havoc on campus when he strolled into the office with what is believed to be an explosive device, will be tried as an adult.

According to an Associated Press news report posted on the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s website, the judge reportedly sent the case from juvenile court to superior court based on testimony he heard during a closed hearing on Monday. Prosecutors argued that the student, identified only as “Andrew” because he is a minor, should be tried as an adult because he was old enough to know that he was putting the lives of fellow students in danger by bringing such a device to school, the news report said.

Jefferson Police Chief Joseph Wirthman told the judge that he would make the recommendation that the teenager be tried as an adult because “he made an adult decision.” The teen reportedly walked into Jackson Comprehensive High School’s administrative offices on April 11 and told school officials that he had a bomb.

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