Crime & Safety
Dry Ice Puts Petaluma Kids In Hot Water
A family science project brought police to a Petaluma neighborhood Monday after officers investigating a burglary heard explosions nearby.
PETALUMA - A family science project brought numerous police officers to a Petaluma neighborhood Monday afternoon after officers investigating an unrelated burglary heard explosions nearby.
Monday around 2:55 p.m. officers investigating a residential burglary in the vicinity of Bodega Avenue and El Paseo Drive heard what they thought were gunshots coming from a nearby residence. Additional officers also responded to the scene.
Two minors and their parent told officers they'd been experimenting with dry ice bombs for a science project.
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The officers "counseled" them and released them from the scene, according to police.
Police said that dry ice bombs qualify as "destructive devices" under the California penal code.
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Unexploded dry ice bombs also present a "major safety problem" for the community, according to police.
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