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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

Yeah these girls weren’t exactly saints, punishment is necessary, obviously nothing extreme like 20 years. Also chances are the barbie dolls might just get a slap on the wrist and nice lil mugshot collectible for their facebooks.

people make mistakes christ im glad people are taking time out of their day to slander girls they dont like anonymously… get a life. weve all done stupid stuff they just got caught simple as that. darby, livi, and sasha i wish you guys the best and hope everything works out for you.

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

I don’t know these girls but volunteering, maintaing good grades and playing sports does not mean you are a good person. I’m not saying that makes them bad people either but it honestly does not say much about them.

20 years seems harsh though. Sometimes the law isn’t fair but they will get through it regardless.

I know that the okemos girls were involved in sports and volunteering in hs, but that doesn’t mean they were saints. (I went to school with them for over ten years and was witness to several poor decisions that they made) Does that mean they deserve so much time in prison? Probably not. But they messed up and should have to face the consequences. But those of us who know these girls know that they will get off easy, as usual.

this whole situation is being blown way out of proportion, they obviously didn’t mean to hurt anyone or they would have. it was HALLOWEEN! come on. we’ve all done a lot worse things than throwing a firework out of a car. i would definitely do this and i would laugh about it too. DAN WILSON IS HOTTTTTT!!!!!

this is just bad stuff got way out of hand on this board let it just play out if you feel good about them getting in trouble keep it to yourself some of you really need to find something better to do try masturbating or the occasional recreational activity this shit is getting uncival…. some of you need hobbies… i pee like a little girl

Since when does fireworks = BOMB?

Overreacting is the only way the SN knows how to publish.

ok guys, a lot of us went to school with them, and honestly, you don’t need to know them that well to figure out what kind of people they are. They were all pretty well known, and all their mistakes and actions were just as well known. I’m not about to call names or point fingers at the girls or the police, but honestly? They just should’ve known better. Everyone messes around sometimes, but when you break the law you have to be able to accept the consequences. That’s life. So deal with it.

oh, and also, can all the ohs grads/kids who are commenting on this taking sides, just stop. You really are making us *all” look bad by calling each other names and trying to bitch each other out.

These people are the cancer that is killing MSU. Horrible judgement on all of their parts. In what mind-fucked world is it ok to set off commercial fireworks in a residential area with the intent of causing damage?

Rot in jail, son!

I know three of these girls. I was so sorry to here about this. I’m sure you didn’t mean to hurt anyone. I really hope that everything turns out okay for all of you. Sleep easy and try not to worry too much. You are all good people and you will all be okay. It will pass and you will live happy, fulfilling lives.

This is just sad, sure they did something against the law but for someone to be charged with possessing a bomb when all you really did was light up a firework in someones yard is out of hand. Sure these girls have money and their sentences will most likely be way below the maximum but its still just sad that the legal system is giving them this kind of exposure for a simple prank. I know some of these girls and even though were not the closest of friends I can tell you that they are good people and they never intended to cause someone harm or to destroy anyones property by doing this. I hope everything works out for you girls.

Are these students males or females does anyone know?

three of them are girls, i think the fourth is a guy…but this sucks im really sorry to hear about this :( don’t listen to anything the people above are saying, they haven’t been in your shoes they don’t know what happened. everything will turn out alright, the news dramatizes everything because it garners more attention

Stop taking sides, I went to OHS and you guys are acting like idiots because they’re your friends.

They broke the law, and they’re going to get punished like they deserve. It doesn’t matter how “OMG awesome” they were in school, or that it was a prank, the point is that it was irresponsible, illegal, and stupid. That firework could have seriously injured someone, or they could have dropped it in the car and injured themselves.

Those four, and many people on this board, need to grow up and stop acting like spoiled little kids. This is the real world, get used to it.

You guys will never make it into the league of super villains, you can’t even pull a detonation drive. Best of luck to you all. These comments are hilarious.

Does everyone know what a mortar firework is? They didn’t throw a sparkler or a fountain into the yard, it was something a heck of a lot bigger. I don’t know any of these people, but they should be punished. It’s not unlikely for a drunk person to walk through a yard on campus and everyone has heard of kids losing hands from a firecracker. Well this could have been way worse. Hopefully they don’t go to jail bit strict probation and a hefty fine shouldn’t be out of the question.

Maybe these geniuses should try there pranks a little farther from the police station next time – freshman mistake

Wow there is a lot of ignorant and narrow minded people here. Just because you went to Okemos does not mean you were “born with a silver spoon in your mouth” A lot of you people don’t know them hell I really don’t even know them. I knew of them and they seemed like pretty nice girls. Yeah it was stupid and yeah it was a mistake. But you all act like you have never made a mistake.

THE BOMBS MADE WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO KILL A PERSON. HAVING FUN?? WHEN IS MURDER FUN?? THESE WEREN’T STINK BOMBS FOLKS, THESE WERE REAL LIFE BOMBS.

Had someone died, would it still be all in fun? You don’t have to know much about a person OR the situation to know that making bombs is stupid. Congratulations on ruining YOUR OWN lives.