New Iberia Teenager Arrested for Setting Off Home Made Bombs
<div align="center"><a href="http://www.katc.com/news/new-iberia-teenager-arrested-for-setting-off-home-made-bombs/"><img src="http://www.katc.com/images/thumbnails/6F297C498EC6E35D515E263B39C99701_200_200.jpg" alt="New Iberia Teenager Arrested for Setting Off Home Made Bombs" border="0" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="8"/></a></div><p>A New Iberia woman says she's thankful no one was seriously hurt when a homemade bomb exploded in her back yard. Iberia Parish deputies arrested 17-year-old Gemarcus Collins last night after he set off bombs into Cody Estilette's yard.<br /> <br />"We panicked. Started grabbing the kids sending them in the house. That really could have hurt someone," said Estilette.</p><p>That wasn't the family's first scare. Last week, with her family in the backyard, she heard something she thought was a firecracker.</p><p>"They were plastic bottles with chemicals and foil inside. We didn't know what it was at first," said Estilette.</p><p>While standing there, several more plastic bottles were thrown into her yard. When they hit the ground, a small explosion and smoke and chemicals spilled out.</p><p>"It landed feet away from where the baby was. That's when we started freaking out," said Estilette.</p><p>"Hopefully it doesn't influence other kids because it's a potentially dangerous. A person could have lost a limb or a life," said Captain Ryan Turner.</p><p>Turner says the teenager meant no harm and that the boy was just messing around. but stresses how dangerous homemade bombs are. Estilette hopes other kids learn from this.</p><p>"There are other ways to have fun. I do forgive him. I don't think he did it on purpose. I think he was just messing around and didn't know what he was doing was very dangerous," said Estilette.</p><p>Detectives are investigating where Collins got the information to create the bombs. He is charged with two counts of manufacturing and possession of a bomb.</p><p> </p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.katc.com/news/new-iberia-teenager-arrested-for-setting-off-home-made-bombs/" title="New Iberia Teenager Arrested for Setting Off Home Made Bombs">Permalink</a>| <a href="http://www.katc.com/news/new-iberia-teenager-arrested-for-setting-off-home-made-bombs/#comments" title="View user submitted comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><br/>
