A California high school security guard admitted Monday to running a homemade explosives business with a teenager he was tasked with protecting.
Angelo Jackson Mendiver, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiring to manufacture and market explosive materials and mail explosive devices, as well as making false statements to FBI agents, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
The former security guard was arrested in June after investigators seized approximately 500 pounds of explosives and explosive materials from his Bakersfield home, and another 500 pounds from his teenage business partner’s home.
The couple communicated and conducted their dangerous trade through an Instagram account, which was filled with images and videos of the fuels, according to court documents.
In a message to the teenage accomplice, Mendiver sent a photo of a titanium salute, an explosive device, followed by two videos he took of homemade explosive devices.
“Homemade kills all consumers,” Mendiver wrote alongside the videos.
The duo had clients across the country who purchased the explosives and materials, which Mendiver and the teen delivered by mail, investigators said.
The former Arvin High School security guard was arrested in June after investigators seized approximately 500 pounds of explosives and explosive materials from his Bakersfield home. google maps
Mendiver plied his trade while working as a campus security supervisor at Arvin High School, located outside of Bakersfield.
The Kern School District, which encompasses the 2,500-student high school, did not immediately respond to the Post’s request for comment.
Mendiver faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and up to $1 million in fines on all four counts.
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