Often young men will experiment with things that they hear about and don’t always exercise good judgment. To destroy someone’s life over this demonstrates the imbalance in the judicial system in recognizing human error and tolerance for youthful behavior. This young man had no intention of harming anyone and surely has learned a valuable lesson he won’t soon forget. How differently I’m sure this prosecutor would view the circumstance if this were his son! What damages were done, who was injured? I have seen similar video clips of these so called bombs on America’s Funniest Home Videos! Are you going after the producers of this television series for presenting these ideas on television? The items that the police confiscated and which were shown on television are items that I and many of my neighbors have in our homes! What is the real purpose for the detective contacting you? It seems to me that he is using this case to gain a name for himself. It is obvious that there is more to this than meets the eye, and perhaps you should get both sides of the story.

This is an example of the small town ideology that Utah needs to stop. These items are not capable of blowing off fingers or causing death and it shows that Utah is living is the past. The felony charges that this prosecutor is charging in this case were created to address detonators and high explosive materials. The prosecutor in this case is abusing prosecutorial privileges to the detriment of society and it is disappointing to see the media follow their lead without doing some research and questioning the authorities in this case. I challenge ABC4 to do some research and provide real insight into what type of damage they are causing to citizens of this state without impunity.