A Pennsylvania teen was charged for allegedly handing a stranger a bomb risk with a Starburst sweet as a “prank” in an City Outfitters on Newbury Road in Boston, the Suffolk County DA introduced Sunday.
“It’s difficult to fathom how in this day and age anyone would consider it a prank to hand a note to a perfect stranger in the middle of a major city indicating they were holding a bomb,” mentioned Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden. “As this case indicates, such a reckless action causes fear and comes with consequences.”
Lucas Lembck, 19, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, was arraigned Wednesday in BMC Central on one depend of bomb/hijack risk after an incident he referred to as a “prank” Tuesday. Choose Richard Sinnott launched Lembck on private recognizance, the DA’s workplace mentioned.
At about 12:40 p.m. March 18, Boston Police say they responded to a name from the City Outfitters on the nook of Newbury St. and Massachusetts Ave.
Officers met with the sufferer exterior, the DA’s workplace mentioned, who mentioned a person approached him whereas purchasing inside. The suspect, later recognized as Lembck, allegedly advised him, “It’s national Starburst day; I want you to have this,” and handed him a yellow Starburst with a word.
The word learn, “I have a bomb don’t say a (expletive) word,” Hayden’s workplace mentioned. When the sufferer regarded up, he reportedly said the suspect was gone.
The sufferer gave officers an outline of the suspect, the discharge mentioned, who they discovered on safety cameras with the sufferer holding what seemed to be a word. Through the interview, the sufferer reportedly stopped and pointed the officers to a person he believed to be the suspect throughout the road.
The cops approached the person, Lembck, throughout Newbury Road, the DA’s workplace mentioned, and requested if he’d just lately been in City Outfitters.
Lembck allegedly mentioned, “I don’t believe so,” Hayden mentioned, however admitted to being within the retailer and passing a word inside after being learn his Miranda Rights.
Lembck then allegedly advised officers, “It was dumb,” and that he thought the sufferer would realize it was a “prank,” the DA’s workplace mentioned. When prompted, the suspect allegedly verified that the Starburst was yellow, and the cops discovered paper matching the bomb risk word in Lembck’s jacket pocket together with one opened and a number of other unopened packs of Starbursts.
The suspect was arrested “without incident,” Hayden’s workplace mentioned.
Lembck is due again in courtroom on April 14 for a pre-trial listening to.
