Schoolgirl tries science experiment, arrested for felony

Found on CNet News on Friday, 03 May 2013
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A teenage girl puts two household chemicals in a water bottle at school to see what might happen. There is a small explosion. No one is hurt. She is expelled and charged with weapons possession.

The top of the bottle popped off and there was some smoke. No one was hurt.

So, despite the fact that Wilmot reportedly told police this was nothing more than the experimentation of a curious mind, she was taken to a juvenile detention center and may now be labeled a felon.

The land of the free. Where it is legal to use assault weapons but illegal to pour two common household chemical together.