3 children allegedly blow up cluster of Oahu parcel boxes with fireworks

"It was really loud, it was, sounded like a bomb," one nearby resident said.
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[@user-vu5dt9lb4d]

I would hold the parents accountable.

[@adonijah7774]

karen

[@user-vu5dt9lb4d]

@@adonijah7774 No that's my sister inlaws name. The parents are to blame, I was raised the right way, by a single mom. Moron

[@Youknow1t]

That's dumb

[@adonijah7774]

@@Youknow1t okay Karen

[@tomnook3175]

I bet they only have to pay thousands of dollars worth of property damage caused by their kids because they did something dumb.

[@vhc7764]

Yes the parents should be held accountable as well.

[@patmcbride9853]

Going easy on them will only embolden them to do other crimes later.

[@anagonyaowusu3119]

They where arrested…

[@patmcbride9853]

@@anagonyaowusu3119 Just arrested is common, vigorously prosecuted is rare, even prosecuted with a plea deal is getting rare.

[@anagonyaowusu3119]

@@patmcbride9853 Minors though? The arrest is an implication of such due to the higher threshold of even arresting minors at all. They very well will receive “equal and opposite” sentence, but you wish an (shown multiple times by educated sources) an even more intense form of archaic punitive justice upon them? Guess everyone can’t be raised with a sense of morality… There’s a reason why Norwegian prisons and judicial systems have lower resistivism rates despite their softer form of punishment…

[@patmcbride9853]

@@anagonyaowusu3119 Norwegians have not been subjected to a failed subculture and idiots that defend such subcultures with word salad.

[@damnu8089]

​@@anagonyaowusu3119your just dumb

[@WarnTwice]

Control your damn kids!

[@ReneLuis-ge7df]

So you keep your kids locked in chains???

[@brutalplanet1708]

CHILDREN?!?! Whatever firework these kids got their hands on were pretty serious.

[@scottyoung1489]

Must of been a pipe bomb of some type from emptying 2 dozen M-80 fireworks in the pipe or something.

[@brutalplanet1708]

@@scottyoung1489 A friend of mine from class of 1994 got himself into serious $#!& with stuff like that....on school grounds.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

I knew a kid who blew up a toilet with an M80 in the boys bathroom in high school back in the 70s. None of these shenanigans are new.

[@tracyalan7201]

If there was mail in the boxes and destroyed, it might change the status of destroying other people's property. The might be underage but the property damage alone should be charged to the parents as well as being put on their record. It's obvious they don't respect residents of that complex.

[@markaddison4642]

White washing only services white, not the public.

[@Critique808]

Fireworks citation, property damage, and federal offense.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

The Feds don't prosecute children, so there is that.

[@Critique808]

Prosecutor needs to be aggressive and charge them for federal offense, property damage, and fireworks citation.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

Judges don't make the charges. They preside over courts and hear cases. Prosecutors are the ones who decide the charges. Do you even know how the criminal justice system works?

[@Critique808]

I meant the prosecutor s not judges.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

@@Critique808 That's better.

[@markaddison4642]

White washing destroyed the justice system. ⚖️

[@bobengle2756]

Book 'em Danno

[@nhmooytis7058]

👏👏👏

[@clearcreek69]

What we have here is a failure to communicate

[@happycook6737]

The minors need to be charged federally! No leniency for these lawless kids. Their parents should also be charged because their kids weren't properly supervised.

[@JasonB808]

Put their parents in Jail too for not raising their kids properly. The kids probably see shit on TikTok and try to copy it. Or they trying to get reactions to their own videos.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

80% of the adults in this country wold be behind bars, if we did it your way.

[@warmachine1770]

Wow that’s a felony.

[@Anonymous-pm7jf]

Not in a blue state

[@warmachine1770]

Of course politics,it’s a federal offense to tamper with a mailbox,and a felony…but you’re so desperate you gotta bring politics into it.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Right

[@MsDisneylandlover]

N we who they r smh

[@markaddison4642]

Not if your white.

[@heenalu03]

The parents should held accountable as well. Minor aren't allowed to buy them so where did they come from. They need punish the parents as well.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

I bought fireworks before I was even old enough to take driver's ed. It was easy, if you knew someone. Where did you grow up, in a convent?

[@purranah]

Boldness 😂😭

[@LeilanisTastyMeal]

Yes , This could have been serious! Teach them a LESSON! Be Hard! So they Learn. Don’t let them off, I wouldn’t. Just ask my Grandkids, where I use to work ( Family Court ) !!!!!! Juvenile Detention

[@meatpopsicle1567]

What's with all the exclamation points? Were you really excited when you typed that out?

[@FranciaDemitrial]

@@meatpopsicle1567😂 I SURE WAS!!!!!! Dang EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you see !!!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!!!!

[@beccahaaby1007]

How old were these kids? If they are 15 and up, they know right from wrong, charge them as adults!

[@markaddison4642]

They are white enough to not be charged.

[@JosephSullivan1979]

Kids have been blow up mail boxes with fire crackers for decades. Boomers and Gen X used to play mailbox baseball back in the day. I am not saying it is right, nor have I done it myself, but people in the comments are acting like this is new.

[@Colinmcdougall6996]

fireworks are dangerous

[@3dandyrandy3]

Used wrong in the wrong hands. Fire works are cultural.

[@CrabFiles]

Ok Hillary Clinton :P

[@ronhively8826]

When in the hell will we start holding all parents accountable for their regret kids! I'm tired of this shit....

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

because we, the taxpayers will cover the cost after the kid is born (welfare, ebt, free medical, sec 8, nice new SUV).....all they going do is go to DHS and apply. All the parents have to do is "f around"......make mo babies.

[@ronhively8826]

That's why abortions should be allowed to be up to first semester of college... I'm so lucky with my daughter and my grandkids.. they are awesome. Would have never pulled stunts like this to someone else's property.

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

The parents can only do so much..

[@meatpopsicle1567]

Kind of hard to keep an eye on your kids in the summer, especially if both parents are working, instead of on welfare. Should they lock them in dog cages down in the basement before they leave for work? What's your suggestion?

[@ronhively8826]

@@meatpopsicle1567 well when my daughter was young until she was 16, we got what we called a babysitter. Usually was my mom or one of her aunts.

[@marvinacklin792]

They didn’t know it was wrong BEFORE they did it?

[@meatpopsicle1567]

Do kids ever see the consequences of anything before they do it?

[@JonahNAloha]

This why actual grown ups not let these kids get ahold of these type of fireworks. Now we got no fire works to see on the 4th or new years. No get me wrong Roman candles and bottle rockets was the thing growing up. God bless stay safe, this year was pretty quiet. We messed it up for ourselves.

[@justdoingitjim7095]

I was a bad boy when I was a juvenile. One time I used a bar of soap to write "Stinker" on my neighbor's car window. Yea, I know it was bad, but I didn't know any "real" cuss words until I started middle school.

[@KIMPAKA5]

My mom gave us three kids each a bar of Dial soap on Halloween once we reached 10 years old! Said we were too old to dress up and trick or treat, showed us how you could write on vehicles with the soap! 😂🤣 Didn't realize at the time just how cool my mom was LOL. She told us later on when we were talking about it in our 20's that she didn't want us taking the eggs out of the refrigerator so she thought she would give us the soap as a deterrent to the eggs disappearing! Smart woman she is. Little did she know we had already been to the store and bought our own stash of eggs for Halloween tricks! 😂🤣 (Small town kids with nothing to do mentalities).

[@justdoingitjim7095]

@@KIMPAKA5 I'm from a small town also, but I never did the egg thing. Some kids egged the entrance to our high school and for weeks after that the smell was so bad (even after hard cleaning) that they allowed us to use the rear and side entrances instead! So, I didn't want to do that to someone's house and have it smell like that. We usually spent Halloween at our lake house and would decorate it up and have a Halloween party with the local kids. One time when we got home, we saw someone had glued dozens of sheets of notebook paper to the side of our brick home. Someone saw our neighbor's kid (whom I didn't like) doing it, so my dad went to confront his dad. The boy confessed and not only did his dad whip his butt in front of my dad, he spent the next couple of weeks digging out dried Elmer's Glue from the cracks and crevices of our brick wall! Funny thing though, I actually felt sorry for him, because he didn't have any friends and so I helped him remove some of the glue. After that we became pretty good friends and would hang out together!

[@roythousand13]

That's why I got a PO Box!

[@kamuelalee]

Intelligent

[@dentatusdentatus1592]

That's why my letters are delivered to me by passenger pigeon.

[@tamehamehaprints3604]

really? this is why... how many times has this happened to you? tells us all about them plz we'll do a story just on your experience too

[@roythousand13]

@tamehamehaprints3604 , I live in a condo building, and our mailboxes are located in the parking lot, which isn't secured. In the span of 6 months, the mailbox cluster door was broken into twice. After the second break-in, I got a PO Box. My condo building fixed the mailbox cluster door, but I don't want to be put in a position where my mail is compromised!

[@addanametocontinue]

PO Box is definitely more secure, except now you're paying to rent one and have to drive to it each time you want to get your mail. It's a hell of an inconvenience... for the rest of your life.

[@Godzilla-el2li]

Greetings, good early morning 🌞 parents need to watch their kids my parents didn't watch me cause they were not my parents 🤺 it's a team effort no good team bad results 🙏🏻 🇺🇸

[@jessieleano7778]

That's a federal crime 😳

[@meatpopsicle1567]

Nah. The Feds let the locals handle it because kids were involved.

[@ichigobankai2343]

Wow so they not going charge them federally? SMDH

[@PartyClown-gh4gz]

Lack privilege

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

Because their minors..

[@charly3575]

They have to learn.

[@ichigobankai2343]

@@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi So minors get a free pass? SMDH

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

@@ichigobankai2343 There not getting a free pass, the local court's will deal with them, the federal authorities aren't going to charge them.

[@howzit9397]

By the looks of the damage we ain’t talking firecrackers that could have killed or seriously hurt someone

[@Sharyk808]

Dang how much did they used to blow out 3 doors. Someone could have been injured.

[@LeilanisTastyMeal]

@@Sharyk808could have been SERIOUSLY BEEN INJURED SEVERELY!!!!!!!!!! And HPD KNOW THAT!!!!!!! Mind EVERYONE THIS IS A FEDERAL CRIME

[@LonnieBrewer-dd4wi]

Probably M-80's or M-100's..

[@Anonymous-pm7jf]

If parents are responsible for their children, then why aren't the parents held accountable?

[@thaimassage23]

Hawaii is BLUE state

[@MacDouhui]

“Hopefully, they’re old enough to understand they did something wrong?” Are you kidding?

[@johnsotelo3125]

Catch and release, poor laws,

[@gregatkinson7276]

Parents do not care and they will end up with probation at best.....sad.

[@AF-ib8ec]

This is prosecuted but the DEW attacks on Lahaina arent

[@imoku2692]

We lived most of our lives in Hawaii with fireworks being legal and we still alive today. This is just a push to highlight what very few people do to cast a negative view on fireworks. Kid will be kids and fireworks was and is apart of the culture in Hawaii. I wish I could play with fireworks again like I did when I was growing up in Hawaii. I just can’t get over it being banned. It’s only 2 days out of 365 days a year. People think fireworks will bring an end to the world or something, this isn’t the “Purge” tv show. 😢

[@leelaural]

what are the ages of these "children"...???

[@petebautista2507]

Nothing will happen….Hawaii judicial system not tough enough.

[@matthewcabral9676]

Right

[@l82nite]

kids these days are so rotten. no respect for anything or anyone. nothing will happen to them, so they won't learn anything.

[@user-ktm890rider]

My friends and I were pretty wild when we were kids but I’m pretty sure if I’d done something like that I’d be in a pine box 😎

[@meatpopsicle1567]

This stuff was common back in the 1970s, when M80s were still a thing. I guess it's making a comeback.

[@greggreg2263]

They must be descendants of Timothy McVay

[@jonl9873]

Kids have no respect these days! All think they are entitled to be free

[@robert48044]

This isn't new shit, M80s and garbage cans isn't a new habit

[@meatpopsicle1567]

I've been hearing that line since the 1970s, when I started paying attention to stuff. This is nothing new. Kids have always been arseholes.

[@victorialawhon2251]

Just read a couple of stories - one where s teenager blew off multiple fingers and another where a 41yo man died after putting a lit firework on his head. Guessing that's in store for these kids

[@jamesgonda3785]

bet they cant wait for new years.

[@nicholejohnson3833]

They must’ve watched the Butterfly effect! 😂

[@MyIOnU]

Hold their parents accountable for that... well only if they still have parents.

[@a.m.v.6938]

There with be no repercussions. Our country is in big trouble.

[@noel6058]

I'm sorry sir and mam but your packages blew up....with fireworks!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Just y smh sick and sad.

[@bdogg20101]

Community service. Lol. A slap on the wrist.

[@candacejones8578]

Wouldn't surprise me if the kids don't post it on youtube or facebook, tik tok etc . Parents and kids both should have to pay other wise the kids will just do it or other stuff worse . There lucky no one was hurt or killed .

[@ayerimlopez5982]

They should pay for it to get new mailboxes

[@user-nn7xj9iz4x]

Children..you got to be kidding.

[@wcsoblake85]

They were only charged with property damage?!?! The same kind of charge as if they spray painted the mailbox. If the police department wanted to teach these juveniles a lesson or make an exampl out of them, then how about a criminal charge that better represents what they did. Here is US Code Title 18 Part 1 Chapter 40- 18 U.S. Code § 844-"Whoever maliciously damages or destroys, or attempts to damage or destroy, by means of fire or an explosive, any building, vehicle, or other personal or real property in whole or in part owned or possessed by, or leased to, the United States, or any department or agency thereof, or any institution or organization receiving Federal financial assistance, shall be imprisoned for not less than 5 years and not more than 20 years, fined under this title, or both." I know that they were juveniles, but in some cases, juveniles have been tried as adults.

[@WiGGA92_]

I bet you that dude never had fun in his life😂😂😂

[@Random_Palmetto]

Big behind fireworks!

[@reggiebannister1080]

and then destruction of mail a felony

[@davec3651]

Ohhhh, those kids!

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

thats why I dont have any.......cant be worrying 24/7 wtf is he/she doing.

[@barbie6695]

It was probably an adult who sold them the dynamite 🧨

[@silverdashhd644]

Damn kids

[@hammersampson]

It was just a prank, bro!

[@noahbaker808]

Penalties for breaking the law? Try telling that to the countless people that have been driving drunk (Sharon Har, Matt Lopresti, Mariah Ah Tou) and still no charges were brought against them since they are "politicians" with special privileges.

[@Dixon_Yamada1]

Damn kids!

[@dan749]

Proud Parents 😅😅

[@rflett5797]

Back in the day, kids wouldn't blow up mailboxes, but would build a battlefield with toy solders and model tanks then blow it all up. Everyone had fun, nobody got hurt and the only person that got mad was the old man across the street because of all the noise.

[@KIMPAKA5]

Exactly! You are on point 💯! In my hood it was the bat shit crazzzy old lady who complained. We all had respect for each other and didn't actually hurt anyone else in the process.

[@hjumper8238]

That is not the behavior of children.

[@user-xl7kx7bi3l]

Federal laws do not change because police arrived quickly .

[@Critique808]

That's what I thought. Not a federal offense because police arrived early?

[@garyk2629]

​@@Critique808Feds probably decided they didn't want to deal with it and let the city handle it.

[@user-xl7kx7bi3l]

@Critique808 makes no sense what was reported concerning federal laws .

[@ZacharyHappy366]

Hawaii should be getting something like a scramble code lock so they don’t have to do the lock pick way.

[@addanametocontinue]

Sue the parents for the cost of replacements.

[@J.DCU12]

LocalStyle

[@cyndicullen-sotelo4570]

Upside down side wards politics. Catch me if you can, you only going let me go any way.

[@PA96704]

C'mon that must've been fun! Now just have them deliver mail or sort mail. That's a hard job. 1000hrs or service?

[@hapahaole9819]

Parents should be held responsible, federal level

[@marilynjackson5752]

Bad parenting.

[@Normz808]

Damnkids

[@greeneye2004]

This is a federal offense. See this is the problem with society. This is where the life of crime begins. I would bet this isn't their 1st offense. This is the 1st time they got caught. How they treat this will determine the life path of these kids. The criminal justice system is in complete failure. This is not an act of kids being kids. They could have killed others around them. This is no accident. This is purposeful and thought out.

[@charlespiper9291]

RamaLamaDingDongs food stamps almost got destroyed

[@alaefarmestatesllc]

Hawaii making crime great again. Thanks Josh

[@Sharyk808]

Parents fault for raising delinquent kids. Parents should pay for replacement boxes, kids get detention and community service cleaning public park’s bathrooms

[@minipoopuu12340]

Kids will be kids fireworks are a tradition in Hawaii you will never stop us from enjoying fireworks

[@weauduhmee1138]

Yea kids will be kids but that is wrong

[@glenishii2022]

Not the smartest reply. You wouldn’t be saying that if it blew up in your face.

[@insight113]

So this idiot just said its ok to let them do it because kids will be kids and fireworks is their right to have fun 😂

[@srfndabike]

there is nothing traditional about this. shame on you. tthis is not Hawaii, this is not representing the people of the islands.

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

@@glenishii2022 which I dont know if they recalled the FATAL incident at Campbell Industrial Park a few years ago......wife of a business owner lights up those illegal pyros and it malfunctions and ends up KILLING HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@goorant]

Ya we never did anything nearly that bad when we were kids😶

[@rogerclark3]

10 minutes is not a fast response time. Should be 3 minutes tops... That's bad...

[@tamehamehaprints3604]

yeah! all those hostages with guns to their heads are pissed off too... 10 min is crazy with this life or death situation... it took them as long as a Rush song OMg!

[@b_f8852]

Excellent 3rd grade reporting.

[@FrankMartin-qj8nj]

10 years in jail for them. 😮😮

[@JG-oj9jz]

😂😂😂

[@jinkim8412]

They going to get off with a slap on the hand because Hawaii I'd a democratic state

[@adonijah7774]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@eyefreely9682]

Who hasn't gone through a phase like that when they were young?

[@sleepyvtek9]

I use to put ground flowers with report (the one that blows up at the end) in a soda can and blew up the can. I made sure no one was around when I did it and I also hid behind a pillar to protect myself. fun times.

[@cyndicullen-sotelo4570]

Where are the parents, it was illegal at the time, that is why all fireworks need to be illegal year round

[@barbie6695]

Maybe the parents were at work. These weren’t babies, they’re teens, old enough, but not smart enough to be without their parents eyes glued on them.

[@insight113]

Proud parents

[@zeke5491]

Kids these days

[@davez5u52]

Kids need to stop getting away with things their not supposed to do. Hope the parents feel bad about themselves for what there kids become. Feel bad for yourselves onwhat you did do for them.

[@lazybeastz182]

hahahahahaha

[@matteng2332]

😂😂😂 reminds me of my youth and I still have all my fingers 😂😂😂

[@808ecobeast7]

Honolulu doesn't charge juveniles unless they're SJOs...

[@Fmhi808]

🤣🤣

[@daviddelacruz7496]

Smart kids

[@blindthief]

Hawaii is starting to become California: homelessness rising, cost of living is off the charts, and crime rates are soaring.

[@n_a_v_bars]

is he doing zoom call in a bathroom? haha

[@BigD50808]

Kids go on internet

[@kathmanview]

i guess these kids had nothing better to do probably bored and school is off after 4th with🧨

[@sokingssddk]

Probably just experimenting, i don't think they knew it would get destroyed like that. they probably still had some fireworks left over, woke up the next day very late because its summer and deiced to use it instead of throwing it away. it also depends on there age. i remember being dumb as a kid, threw a fire work and it landed on a car. that wasn't my intent. i was just very young and fat w/ terrible coordination. and relied on glasses. have them physically have a hand in the repairs and be done w/ it. they won't be so willing to destroy something, once they know the value and effort to put one together. To give them any more will just have them resent you.

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

@@sokingssddk I heard of one firefighter who recalled himself while growing up in the Kam projects, he would go up the hills above Kam 4 road and light it up. He knew he was young and dumb. He probably regrets now since when his crew is called to assist Kalihi Uka station to help with manpower to extinguish the hillsides.....

[@GRNbuilder925]

That’s federal, not state. Weak!!

[@ClarkKent-bi7oq]

😂