![]() On Wednesday, police announced that the teen will not be charged.Ĭhief Larry Boyd said that Ahmed should have been “forthcoming” by going beyond the description that what he made was a clock. The teenager did that because, well, it was a clock, he said. Irving Police spokesman Officer James McLellan told the station, “We attempted to question the juvenile about what it was and he would simply only tell us that it was a clock.” “They arrested me and they told me that I committed the crime of a hoax bomb, a fake bomb,” the freshman later explained to WFAA after authorities released him. A photo shows Ahmed, wearing a NASA t-shirt, looking confused and upset as he’s being led out of school in handcuffs. ![]() ![]() The 14-year-old’s day ended not with praise, but punishment, after the school called police and he was arrested. A teenager with dreams of becoming an engineer, he wanted to show his teacher the digital clock he’d made from a pencil case. When Ahmed Mohamed went to his high school in Irving, Texas, Monday, he was so excited. Muslim teen Ahmed Mohamed creates clock, shows teachers, gets arrested Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science.
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