Crime & Safety

Framingham Resident Charged With Throwing Acid Bombs at Maine College

According to the Portland Press Herald, a Framingham resident was one of two arrested at St. Joseph's College.

A Framingham teenager was one of two men charged with allegedly throwing acid bombs out their dorm windows at St. Joseph's College in Maine.

According to a report in the Portland Press Herald, Victor Santos, 18, of Framingham, and Brandon Ward, 19, of Houlton, Maine, were taken into custody by the Maine State Fire Marshal's Office.

Santos and Ward are accused of throwing three acid bombs out the window, two of which exploded near an emergency exit at a dorm hall.

No one was injured during the incident, but the Press Herald reported that each man was charged with criminal use of explosives.

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