Jul 1, 2021
A Newaygo man in pleading guilty after his son brought explosives to Newaygo High School.
Thirty-three-year-old David Robert-Daniel Saylor agreed to plea guilty to possession of a stolen gun and possession of an unregistered pipe bomb.
In turn, prosecutors will drop a third count as Saylor is sentenced.
Saylor will pay restitution for the damage caused to the high school.
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Teen charged after homemade bomb explodes in classroom
Updated 9:13 AM;
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The 16-year-old lost parts of both thumbs in the March 8 explosion.
He is charged with manufacture/possession of a Molotov cocktail or similar device and possession of a weapon in a weapon-free school zone, Prosecutor Worth Stay said.
The teen had a preliminary hearing in Newaygo County Circuit Court on Wednesday. The charges came over a month since the explosion.
The juvenile petition was filed based on the investigation into the explosion as well as searches of the teen’s home in Newaygo County’s Brooks Township, Worth said.
Teen who detonated explosive at Newaygo school in March charged
The 16-year-old boy has been charged as a juvenile with possession of a Molotov cocktail or similar device and possessing a weapon in a weapon-free zone, Newaygo County Prosecutor Worth Stay said in a statement.
A preliminary hearing for the teen was held Wednesday and the 27th District Court s Family Division in White Cloud will set future hearing dates, Stay said.
According to authorities, the 16-year-old took a homemade explosive to Newaygo High School and accidentally detonated it in a classroom. The school is located in Newaygo, which is 35 miles north of Grand Rapids.
Feds charge dad of teen who brought explosive to school
Newaygo The father of a teen who detonated an explosive device at a high school in a western Michigan town was charged with illegal possession of explosives and a stolen firearm, according to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed Monday.
The indictment, unsealed in the Southern Division of the Western District of the U.S. District Court in Michigan, accuses David Robert Daniel Saylor Sr. of possessing unregistered explosive devices and a stolen Beretta model ARX 160 .22.
Saylor’s son brought a homemade explosive to Newaygo High School March 8 and accidentally detonated it, losing both thumbs in the incident. Four others, including a teacher, sustained minor injuries from the blast, which occurred in a classroom, authorities said.
Father faces federal charges after son’s homemade bomb exploded in class
Updated Apr 12, 2021;
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NEWAYGO COUNTY, MI – The father of a teen who brought a homemade bomb to school before it exploded in a classroom has been indicted on federal charges.
David Robert Daniel Saylor, 34, faces two charges of possessing an improvised-explosive device and a single charge of possessing a stolen firearm, according to an indictment unsealed Monday, April 12, in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids.
Saylor originally faced state charges in Newaygo County for allegedly manufacturing an explosive device, a four-year felony, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor.