04-17-2014, 10:39 AM
Th bomb hoaxter, Kevin Edson - 25, was charged with disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, disturbing a public assembly, possession or use of a hoax device, and making a false bomb threat. The latter charge carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison upon conviction, the Suffolk County district attorney's office said.
He has pleaded not guilty.
According to DA Susan Terrey, Edson told police: "I knew what I was doing. It was being conceived in my head. It's symbolism. Come on. The performance got the best of me."
Edson comes from a family of artists and is a student at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. He has a history of psychiatric problems which were presented in court by a psychologist. The rice cooker he was carrying which was detonated as a precaution was reportedly full of confetti.
The judge ordered him to Bridgewater State Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and he's due back in court May 7.
Asshole.
Refs:
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/16/justic...vice-bail/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/boston-man-k...thon-bomb/