charged! man whose gender reveal explosion was felt across two states

[Demovictory9]

A New Hampshire man has been charged after a blast from a gender reveal that used 80lbs of explosives sparked fears of an earthquake when it shook towns across state lines.



Anthony Spinelli was charged on Monday with disorderly conduct following the gender reveal party for a baby boy in Kingston, a town not far from the Massachusetts border, last month.

Police in Kingston had received a flurry of 911 calls from terrified homeowners following the loud explosion on April 20.

The explosive is sold over the counter for use in firearms practice.

Police said at the time that the person responsible for buying and setting off the explosives had turned themselves into police.

Spinelli, whose name was not released at the time, has now been charged with causing public alarm under New Hampshire's disorderly conduct law.

It was not immediately clear if Spinelli is the father-to-be.


Police said the family believed the quarry would be the safest spot to blow up the material and were said to have had permission from the quarry owners to be there.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9593263/Man-charged-gender-reveal-blast-rocked-nearby-towns.html

[PSPS]

1. When did "gender reveal" parties become a thing? I'd never heard of them until recently.

[Demovictory9]

2. last 5 years maybe?... started with cakes... slice the cake to see pink or blue

[ShazzieB]

5. Yes, and I thought the cakes were kind of cute when I first started hearing about them.

It's gotten way out of hand, though, when people think they need to blow stuff up to announce the biological sex of a fetus. Anyone thinking of doing something like this needs to get a grip.

[temporary311]

4. One of the more annoying fads I can think of.

Pet rocks never killed anyone far as I know.

[Demovictory9]

6. linked to social media... the need to film something to share online

[JI7]

8. Social Media and the need to get views and likes

[msfiddlestix]

9. That's a question I have as well. I don't understand it. It is bizarre, in my view

Why are these people deliberately putting mother and unborn child in danger of being killed?

And since when are these explosives legal to purchase?

What planet are these cretins from?

[ShazzieB]

3. Another one for the "WTF is wrong with people?" file!

[redstatebluegirl]

7. These are just ignorant.

I refuse to go to one of these things. I went to one a couple of years ago, they had balloons with some kind of paint in them. They popped them and the paint went all over everyone, we were all covered in pink paint. One of many stupid things we do these days.