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Student, 15, who scrawled swastika at Long Island school had explosives at home — paid for by dad: cops

Nypost · · 411 words · By Anthony Blair
School Safety and Hate Speech Juvenile Crime and Dangerous Materials
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13 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Cops investigating a Long Island teen over a swastika scrawled in his high school found homemade bombs in his home — and busted his dad for buying the dangerous chemicals used to make them, according to authorities.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the core elements: a Long Island teen drawing a swastika, police finding homemade bombs/chemicals in his home, and the father being implicated for purchasing the chemicals. This is reported across multiple independent news snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Long Island (abbreviated as LINY) is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metrop…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Long Island Rail Road (reporting mark LI), or LIRR, is a railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Isl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Long Island State Parkway Police is a defunct New York State law enforcement agency that once patrolled state parks and parkways on Long Island, New York.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_State_Parkway_Poli…
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“The 15-year-old student allegedly drew the hate symbol at Syosset High School, prompting Nassau County police to visit his home at around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, when they found “several chemicals” that had been “combined to make explosive materials,” the department said.”
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Multiple web search results corroborate that the 15-year-old allegedly drew the hate symbol at Syosset High School, leading Nassau County police to visit his home and find chemicals combined to make explosive materials.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nassau County ( NASS-aw) is a densely affluent suburban county located on Long Island, immediately to the east of New York City, bordering the Long Island Sound on the north and the open Atlantic Ocea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau_County,_New_York
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Syosset is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 19,259 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syosset,_New_York
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Syosset High School (SHS) is a public high school located in Syosset, New York, United States, in Nassau County, on Long Island. It serves as the public high school for residents of the Syosset Centra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syosset_High_School
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“The teen was arrested alongside his father, Francisco Sanles, 48, who on “multiple occasions paid for the purchase of the various chemicals,” the department said.”
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Two separate web search results confirm the arrest of the teen and his father, naming the father as paying for the chemicals on multiple occasions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Galicians (Galician: galegos [ɡaˈleɣʊs] or pobo galego; Spanish: gallegos [ɡaˈʎeɣos]) are an ethnic group primarily residing in Galicia, northwest Iberian Peninsula. Historical emigration resulted in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicians
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“Police shut down Patricia Lane, a quiet, residential street, for much of the day, as video showed several unknown chemicals being removed from the home and lined up in the front yard, ABC 7 reported.”
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Multiple web search results report that police shut down Patricia Lane, a residential street, and that unknown chemicals were removed from the home and lined up in the front yard.
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web search NEUTRAL — A father and teen son were arrested in Syosset after a bomb squad destroyed explosive chemicals at their home.
https://abc7ny.com/post/bomb-squad-destroys-potentially-dang…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police have been investigating a residential neighborhood in Syosset for several hours. Nassau County police say officers were dispatched to Patricia Lane around 1:30 p.m. The street remains ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Police shut down Patricia Lane, a quiet, residential street, for much of the day, as video showed several unknown chemicals being removed from the home and lined up in the front yard, ABC 7 reported.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/student-15-who-scrawled…
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“The bomb squad said the chemicals were too hazardous to move as they had been combined to create explosives and destroyed them on site.”
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While the general concept of bomb squads destroying hazardous chemicals is present in the web search results, none of the provided evidence specifically confirms that the bomb squad destroyed the chemicals *on site* at the Sanles residence because they were too hazardous to move. The other web results describe unrelated bomb squad incidents.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lethal and explosive chemicals illegally dumped on the shoulder of Ortega Highway in the Cleveland National Forest were detonated by a sheriff's bomb squad Tuesday morning, just before authorities ...
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web search NEUTRAL — The Madison Fire Department Hazardous Incident Team, the Dane County Bomb Squad and the Milwaukee branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation were all called to a Madison building Monday afternoon, …
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web search NEUTRAL — This is the moment 'unstable' chemicals found in a university freezer were blown up by the bomb squad on a playing field down the road.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manches…
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“The elder Sanles was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of criminal facilitation, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and reckless endangerment.”
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Two distinct web search results list the exact same charges against the father, Francisco Sanles, including two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of criminal facilitation, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and reckless endangerment.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sanles senior was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of criminal facilitation, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and reckless endangerment.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/23/us-news/student-15-who-scrawle…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nassau County police charged Sanles with two counts of 1st degree criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of 4th degree criminal facilitation, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and …
https://longisland.news12.com/father-and-teen-son-arrested-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sanles is charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of criminal facilitation, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and reckless endangerment.
https://abc7ny.com/post/bomb-squad-destroys-potentially-dang…
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“His son — who was not otherwise identified bacause of his age — was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, criminal mischief, aggravated harassment and making graffiti.”
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All three web search results consistently report the charges against the son: two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, criminal mischief, aggravated harassment, and making graffiti.
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web search NEUTRAL — His son — who was not otherwise identified bacause of his age — was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, criminal mischief, aggravated harassment and making graffiti.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/23/us-news/student-15-who-scrawle…
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web search NEUTRAL — The juvenile was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree, criminal mischief in the fourth degree, aggravated harassment in the first degree, and making graffiti.
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/explosive-materials-found-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The juvenile defendant is charged with two (2) counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 1st Degree, Criminal Mischief 4th Degree, Aggravated Harassment 1st Degree and Making Graffiti.
https://www.longisland.com/news/04-23-26/high-school-swastik…
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“They are due in court separately on Thursday.”
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The web search results mention court dates for other unrelated cases (e.g., Thursday hearings for other arrests), but none of the provided evidence confirms that the teen and his father are specifically scheduled to appear in court separately on Thursday.
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web search NEUTRAL — An 11-year-old Perry County boy, accused of killing his father for taking away his Nintendo Switch last month, waived his probable cause hearing Thursday.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 16-year-old stepbrother of Anna Kepner, who is accused of sexually attacking and killing his stepsister during a family cruise vacation, has an arraignment hearing scheduled for next week in ...
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“The FBI helped with Wednesday’s investigation, but said the case is now in the hands of Nassau County deputies.”
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The web search results contain Wikipedia entries about the FBI and other unrelated topics, but none of the provided evidence explicitly states that the FBI assisted with *Wednesday's* investigation and that the case is now solely in the hands of Nassau County deputies. The evidence is too general or unrelated.
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“The school district sent an email to students and staff on Wednesday night following the incident.”
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No evidence was found in the provided web search or Wikipedia results regarding the school district sending an email to students and staff on Wednesday night following the incident.
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““I am writing to inform you that the District found swastikas and racial epithets above urinals at Syosset High School. The District immediately commenced an investigation and notified the Nassau County Police Department,” the statement read.”
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““Our investigation identified the person responsible and this is now a criminal matter with an active police investigation. We are cooperating fully with our partners in law enforcement and remain in constant contact with them as their investigation continues,” the statement continued.”
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““This student will also face serious consequences pursuant to the District’s Code of Conduct. Antisemitism and hate speech have no place in our communities or in our schools,” it went on.”
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