Two young men from Massachusetts have been arrested in connection with a middle of the night explosion at Harvard Medical School, the FBI said.
No one was injured in the explosion, which occurred on the fourth floor of the Goldenson Building just before 3 a.m., officials said.
Patterson and Cardoza conspired to commit an “extremely dangerous act,” FBI Boston Special Agent in Charge Ted Docks said.
The FBI recovered video allegedly showing Cardoza taking off his pants and throwing them in a garbage can after he fled the scene, Docks said.
Members of the public called authorities when they recognized the suspects, Foley said.
The FBI announced that two young men from Massachusetts have been taken into custody in relation to an explosion that occurred at Harvard Medical School in the middle of the night.
Federal prosecutors said that Logan David Patterson, 18, and Dominick Frank Cardoza, 20, were arrested early Tuesday and charged with one count of conspiracy to cause damage using an explosive.
The explosion, which happened on the fourth floor of the Goldenson Building shortly before three in the morning, left no one hurt. m. According to officials.
Leah Belaire Foley, U.S., said the explosive burst inside a wooden research laboratory locker and was thought to be a Roman candle firework. S. lawyer in the Massachusetts District.
According to FBI Boston Special Agent in Charge Ted Docks, Patterson and Cardoza planned to carry out an “extremely dangerous act.”.
This isn’t just any harmless college joke. It is a federal offense,” he stated, adding that if anyone had been inside the building at the time, there might have been casualties.
According to Foley, the suspects don’t go to Harvard. It appears that Patterson and Cardoza were attending Halloween parties at the neighboring Wentworth Institute of Technology, according to the prosecution.
According to Docks, “this investigation is ongoing,” and there is no proof that the public or the university are in any danger. “”.
According to Foley, surveillance footage from early Saturday showed two suspects wearing face coverings strolling close to the medical school and setting off what looked like Roman candle fireworks. She claimed that after that, the suspects allegedly scaled scaffolding to reach the building’s roof.
Immediately after, campus police received a fire alarm from an explosion on the building’s fourth floor, which houses a research lab for the medical school’s neurobiology department, according to Foley.
According to Foley, security footage showed the two suspects leaving the building and running away from the scene.
Docks claimed that after Cardoza left the scene, the FBI found footage purportedly showing him removing his pants and discarding them in a trash can. Investigators later found his pants, he claimed.
When people recognized the suspects, they called the police, according to Foley.
It was reported by Docks that “these two men boasted about what they did to their friends.”.
