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The article titled Teen booked in phone-bomb hoax is about an 18 year old who told a security guard that his cell phone was a bomb when it really wasn't. This surprisingly happens more often than you would think. But people dont seem to realize the seriousness of this. Security has tightened to the extreme ever since 9/11 and all the school shootings.

What matters: The home of delinquent is very close to us. More specifically Highlands Ranch. The man who caused all the disturbance is named Jordan Wells. It all started when he told a security guard at the Douglas County Justice Center in Castle Rock that his cell phone was a bomb and then repeated himself. But when they ran his cell phone through an x-ray and had bomb technicians look at it they reported that it wasn't a bomb at all. Wells was then rushed to the Douglas County Jail and charged with false report of explosives, disorderly conduct, possession of drug parphernalia, possession of alcohol by a minor and possession of fireworks. The most probable reason he said his phone was a bomb was because he was high on drugs or drunk. When they searched his car they found alcohol, parphernalia, and fireworks which just made matters worse for him. All this happened on Thursday morning.

What matters to me: This is not a surprise to me. The bomb claim, the drugs, the alcohol, and the fireworks all don't surprise me. There was a student at my school last year who said that he had bombs in his locker and was suspended from school for a while when the school found no bombs in his locker or backpack. People do this kind of thing all the time thinking its funny when really its a serious matter. Our nation has been through so much already and they don't want anymore to happen. The possession of drugs and alcohol and fireworks is no big surprise because kids my age have those kind of things all the time so I kind of figured that he was drunk or high when he said his cell phone was a bomb. I can't think of any other reason why he would say something like that because no one gets themselves in trouble on purpose.