A California high school security guard admitted Monday to running a homemade explosives business with a teenager he was assigned to protect.
Angelo Jackson Mendiver, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in the manufacture and dealing in explosives and delivering explosive devices, as well as making false statements to FBI agents, the US Attorney’s Office said.
The former security guard was arrested in June after investigators seized about 500 pounds of explosives and explosives from his home in Bakersfield — and another 500 pounds at the home of his teenage business partner.
The pair communicated and conducted their dangerous trade through an Instagram account, which was filled with images and videos of flammable materials, according to court documents.
In one message to the teenage accomplice, Mendiver sent a photo of the titanium-coated, explosive device, followed by two videos he had taken of the improvised explosive device
“Homemade kills all users,” Mendiver wrote alongside the video.
The two had customers around the country who bought explosives and materials, which Mendiver and the teenager sent through the mail, investigators said.
The former Arvin High School security guard was arrested in June after investigators seized about 500 pounds of explosives and explosives from his home in Bakersfield. Google Maps
Mendiver ran his business while working as a campus security supervisor at Arvin High School, located outside of Bakersfield.
The Kern School District, which includes 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 a fine of up to $1 million for all four charges.
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