NEWAYGO COUNTY, Mich. – A father has been charged in western Michigan after his 16-year-old son allegedly set off explosives Monday at Newaygo High School. According to WOODTV, Saylor was charged Tuesday in a White Cloud courtroom. His 16-year-old son brought explosive materials to school, which detonated. Michigan State Police troopers found explosive materials inside Saylor’s home and that his son told investigators that he had made explosives with his father and detonated them several times. More: Western Michigan News

The Newaygo Police Department said the student who brought and lit off an “explosive device” at Newaygo High School has been released to his family from the hospital and has been suspended from school. (WPBN)NEWAYGO, Mich. – A student who lost both thumbs after his homemade explosive went off in a high school classroom has been released from a hospital, police in western Michigan said Wednesday. The 16-year-old boy was suspended and will likely face expulsion proceedings from the Newaygo school district, Newaygo police said. The teen brought a homemade explosive to Newaygo High School and accidentally detonated it Monday, injuring himself, four other students and a teacher, police said. The boy lost both thumbs, Newaygo County prosecutor Worth Stay told a judge.