Four MSU students arrested on felony explosives charges

These dangerous terrorists should be sent to Gitmo, where they’ll never be able to harm anyone ever again.

Never forget!

the Dudley family has always been involved when there was trouble to be found. Surprising about Sasha, but not as surprising when considering who she keeps her company with.

Sadly, this is going to follow them forever. I just hope they have learned a lesson here and decide to change their ways.

Shut THE ($ UP Okemos Grad.!!!
you dont Know Anything about The Dudley Family, or about any of these girls. i hope you Rot in HELLL!!

“Wibert said the pear-sized mortar firework caused no damage.”

“The four students were charged with placing explosives and causing property damage”

That doesn’t make sense.

I love you Girls and will be praying Everything turns out for the better!. Screw these people that think they know the whole story or anything about you girls. i hope they burn!!!

My prayers are with all of you girls. I know you guys were just having fun and did not intend to cause any harm and would never hurt someone or even have the thought run across your mind. I will be with you guys very step of the way anything you need to get through this.
Steve your the moron. Please be more ignorant. I hope you get run over by a car or get a bomb thrown at you.
The Dudley family is one of the nicest most caring families I have come to known and supported me through all of my hard times.
I love all of you and will be praying that this gets resolved without ruining the bright future you all have

i love you girls so much and sure you didn’t mean anything by it. this is all to much for a Little golf size firework! you guys are in my prayers and you guys will get through all this!

Damn… Tragic, Best of luck, I’m sure everything will be alright. One phrase to sum the whole situation…

Grade A bullshit…..

This really blows. I’m praying for you girls.

I love how some of you dipshits are praying for these chicks. OH LORD PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE TRYING TO SAVE THE STARVING AND ABUSED CHILREN OF THE WORLD AND INSTEAD FREE THESE RICH WHITE GIRLS WHO WERE TRYING TO DESTROY PROPERTY!!! BECAUSE WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THEM IS TRULY A TRAVESTY!!!

WAH WAH WAH

bunch of wankers.

Poon Tang- you know nothing about these girls, don’t act like you do, they don’t deserve the 20 yr $15,000 dollar fines they could face.

Darbs, Sashsa, and Oliva, I hope everything works out for you three and your friend.

I don’t know the situation, but I do know three of the girls involved. And it is not my place to judge so I won’t. But its important to remember that when people make poor decisions, they need to face the consequences. I hope everything works out and that everyone involved will learn from this situation.

oooh wait till you come in front of me!!! I’m sure this will pass muster in MY preliminary exams because I am a REAL judge mommy!

Honestly, they got what they deserved and will have to pay the price. Whether any of their friends commenting on this article like it or not, this will follow them for the rest of their lives. It’s too bad, but they should have considered the consequences before doing this. What’s fair is fair.

the class of 09 was really messed up at okemos. all the teachers were thrilled to get rid of them. i remember the middle school teachers saying it was the worst grade they had ever had to come through. that’s just fabulous.

and I agree with Okemos Grad 3 – they did something illegal and they will face the consequences. They are supposed to be mature college students so they should probably act like it, and possessing the explosives is illegal.

I trust that appropriate charges will be brought against them, but let’s not forget that the State News LOVES garbage such as this to feed on and makes it sound like the worst case scenario. So while what these kids did was stupid, the State News will be sure to shine it in the worst light possible. (See the MSU terrorist from last week…)

LOL. Every single post has taken a position that they “know” these are lovable kids just having fun, or evil spoiled rich kids who deserve 20 years in the slammer.

The original story is nonsense and contradictory, so not one poster her has a clue what actually happened, and from the report, neither do the police. ELPD has a 75-year history of over-reacting to college pranks, so how about waiting to find the details before passing judgment?

Then, if they caused actual destruction with intent to someone’s property, throw the book at them. If it’s just some old geezer neighbor who was startled by a loud bang and wants to teach the young ‘uns a lesson, let them go.

Where’s common sense and evidence-based judgment gone in this country?

sounds like they’re future really went up in flames.

Judge Ball needs to do his job. This is absurd. 20 years? What a mockery of the CJ system. We should be protecting our citizens, not destroying lives. I feel for these kids. They made a poor decision and face 20 years of their lives because of a firework? Wow. I’d never move to Mid-Michigan… ever. Bunch of crooks running things around there.

Girls (I’m addressing it to you because I know you’re reading the comments), you should have known better. You deserve whatever is coming to you.
Believe me, I sympathize with you. I went to elementary school with one of you. I know your family. But you guys are idiots if you thought there wouldn’t be consequences.
My only question to you is, how drunk were you guys?

All I have to say is, although it might just be a firework, why set it off on the 400 block of Grove St, about 30 feet from the police station! Based on all of the comments I think these kids should get sent to a Jerry Springer-style bootcamp.

Isnt it obvious what the ELPD cares about now? Their biggest source of income is from handing out MIP’s and possession charges and making kids pay into their corrupt police department. They must be real excited because now they can get even more money by taking advantage of young girls playing a prank. To all you who say well its the law and learn your lesson, how more ignorant could you be? It doesnt take much to realize that there is something fundamentally wrong with the law enforcement system here and all over the country. The goal is FEAR. The police ar willing to do whatever it takes to make sure you dont stand up to them. Wasnt it in the Federalist papers that ifth people felt the government was injust we could rise up and change it in a revolution? Is that really possible today? They control your money, the weapons, the media, and the influence to all the people who cant think for themselves. I know this incident is a lot smaller then what im talking about but think about it.

Nothing is going to happen to them but some community service. They got unlucky and got caught. You make mistakes and you learn from them. Both sides of this argument are acting ridiculous and to all the former Okemos students posting, please stop because you’re making us all look bad.

It is very clear that the majority of those commenting do not actually know the girls involved but rather know of them and/or hold some sort of grudge against them.

These are girls who spent their time in high school playing sports, volunteering and maintaining good grades (some are Academic All American athletes).

Please be aware that those of you saying such untrue and hateful things are guilty of breaking the law yourself. Your comments CAN be tracked down through IP addresses (anonymous is not really anonymous) and you can be sued for defamation.

And, as you say yourself, the law is the law and if you break it you should be willing to accept the punishment.

For those of you who need a refresher course on defamation: http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1874

Oh, stop over-reacting. They will probably get a misdemeanor, community service and a little bit of probation. No one is going to prison or paying $15K fine. Idiots.

It would have been a very different story if someone had gotten hurt though. They need to be taught a lesson, but its not a life-breaker.

Hahaha, some of these comments made me laugh for like 5 minutes. Of course someones gonna point the blame at the ‘corrupt police’. Your internet soapbox doesn’t really change anything so save your time. Like Tiffany said, nobodies going to jail, they might get fined, community service and a slap on the wrist. Shit like this happens every weekend, they were dumb, got caught. Also, Nate, your really creepy.