Can my son be arrested and go to jail for setting off a stink bomb at school?!


Question: Can my son be arrested and go to jail for setting off a stink bomb at school?
I had to go pick him up at school today, he is in high school. During a pep rally he set off a stink bomb and the entire gymnasium had to be evacuated. Someone who saw him do it told on him and that was how he got caught. They were actually my stink bombs from when I was in high school. They were still in the little glass viles. I never through them away and found them and showed them to him and said he could use them at school since it is a harmless joke. Well, here is the deal, the school wants me to meet with them and has asked me to bring my son. I am afraid if I go back to the school, they may try to arrest my son. Since when is it a criminal offense to set off a harmless stink bomb. It is a practical joke, nothing more.

P.S. My son is a vegan, that is why I posted my question here.

Answers:

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what does this have to do with being a vegan???

I hope he is punished for it.

No he wont go to jail.
I think it is normal that the principal wants to talk to you...no one said it was a criminal offense, but he may get a suspension.
I dont think your son being a vegetarian means that vegetarians are more likely to answer a question about the law...

I think it was YOU who set off the bomb and your pretending to post as your father....it just sounds like a young person typed this up.

you should post this in the legal section, you'll get better answers. i would think that they have grounds to arrest him if they wanted to cause smoke bombs might be classified as a explosive but they might just suspend him. people used to do this all the time at my old high school but i don't know what happened to them.

sure he should. he should be expelled at the very least. he broke one rule of pulling a prank

HE GOT CAUGHT!!

if ya get caught, be prepared to pay for it.
that is part of the game. don't be a sore loser.
AND DON'T RAT OUT YOUR ACCOMPLICES!!!

They shouldn't, unless someone in the gym had asthma.

he e=will no doubt get suspended

he can and will be arrested for this

Just because you son is a vegan does not mean this question has anything to do with vegan related issues. You should have found a better category
First off, since YOU are the one who told your son he can do this. I suggest you admit that to the school. It may or may not lessen punishment but it will teach your son to own up to his mistakes by example. I hope you never tell your children to do anything like this again.
Secondly, they may just expel him from that school and or any other school in the district.
I suggest you both own up to what happened and not give any lies. The lies will just worsen the punishment when the story does not add up.
As a parent I think it would be awesome to humbly accept whatever discipline they give either you or your child. That would be wonderful for your child to witness.


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