gutter_ca - 22-1-2013 at 15:11
http://cenblog.org/the-safety-zone/2013/01/uc-davis-chemist-...
UC Davis Chem Prof arrested on explosives charges, synthesizing explosives in home lab
gutter_ca - 28-1-2013 at 08:39
The story got a lot crazier: http://cenblog.org/the-safety-zone/2013/01/uc-davis-chemist-...
"The facts are coming out slowly, and according to a CBS13 source, on the day the suspect was arrested, materials used to make explosives were found
in several dumpsters around Davis. If the chemicals had exploded, the outcome could have been deadly.
David Snyder, the UC Davis researcher with access to hazardous and dangerous materials to make explosives, may have gotten them from his job.
According to a CBS13 source, investigators believe some of the chemicals found inside Snyder’s apartment came from a UC Davis laboratory.
After the explosion, the source says someone went to Snyder’s home before the bomb squad arrived and removed part of the chemicals, only to dispose
of them in dumpsters around Davis."
LanthanumK - 30-1-2013 at 10:37
Its sad that both a Ph.D. chemist is so careless, and also that the law system turns a personal chemical accident (which has happened innumerable
times before) into a felony charge. Based on this logic, anyone who is drunk should be charged with a felony due to the risk of them driving and
killing someone, regardless of whether they actually had any intentions of driving.
The firearm part, though, was plain stupidity on the chemist's part.
[Edited on 30-1-2013 by LanthanumK]