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Orlando teacher accused of showing how to make bomb
Associated Press
Published February 17, 2005
ORLANDO - A high school chemistry teacher was arrested after students said he taught his class how to make a bomb, officials said.
David Pieski, 42, used an overhead projector in class to give instructions in making explosives to students at Freedom High School, including advising them to use an electric detonator to stay clear from the blast, an Orange County sheriff's arrest report said.
In Pieski's classroom, authorities said they found the chemical breakdown for an explosive used by Middle East suicide bombers. It was not clear whether the information found in a book labeled "Demo" was shared with students, the arrest report said.
One student said he set off an explosive device at a golf course on Jan. 6 and videotaped it, an arrest warrant showed. The videotape shows an explosion, and a young male is heard shouting.
"(The student) said Pieski approved of the explosion and stated "cool' when he observed it," the warrant said.
Sheriff's investigators were called to the golf course by residents who heard the explosion and saw a fireball on the fifth hole. They found a charred coffee can perched on two concrete blocks.
Pieski faces charges of possessing or discharging a destructive device and culpable negligence.
Pieski, who was freed on $1,000 bail after his arrest Monday, refused to comment.
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