Father says bomb scare was teen’s chemistry set

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When police searched the teen's home in Hapeville, they said they found chemicals inside.
 
"He's not building bombs. He does do a lot of experiments. A lot of them I don't fully understand, but I'm certain he's not making bombs," said the suspect's father, Allen Mason.
 
Mason says chemistry is his son's hobby and he wants to be a chemical engineer.
 
He let police search the house to examine all his materials and chemicals, where they found some things they told him could be used to create explosives.
 
One neighbor, who couldn't return home for hours, said he didn't feel the teen was a threat.
 
"I don't see a problem with this, but you have to trust the authorities in they're doing what they think is best," said Curtis Ray.
 
After police cleared the house, the father says he's confident his son was not was making bombs.
 
"They took some chemicals from my son's chemistry stocks that they're going to take and test in their lab that they felt were dangerous chemicals," Mason said.
 
But Mason says police told him what they found is not illegal to own.
 
Mason says his son will likely still faces charges of criminal trespassing but he plans to bond him out later Thursday.