Radioactive Boyscout At It Again

In 1994, David Hahn set about building a nuclear reactor in his parents' backyard shed using smoke detectors, camping lantern mantles, clocks, gun-sights, batteries, and other ever day household items. He wasn't a terrorist, and his intent wasn't to bring down the evil American Empire.

David Hahn hoped that the nuclear reactor would help him earn his Eagle Scout badge.

Any moron might have guessed that this little experiment had the potential to produce toxic levels of radiation. Unfortunately, David wasn't any moron. When his geiger counter told him that it was time to ixnay on the ottenray, he began to dismantle, but police caught wind of his extracurricular activities. After an investigation by the FBI and Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mr. and Mrs. Hahn's quaint suburb home was declared a hazardous material cleanup site, but David eventually earned his Eagle Scout badge. Hey, you win some, you lose some, right?

Unfortunately, David Hahn's obsession with all things nuclear didn't end there.

Earlier this week, he was arrested and charged with stealing 16 smoke detectors. Police believe it to be another attempt at experimenting with radioactive materials. He is being held on $5,000 bond on felony larceny charges.

Did David Hahn learn his lesson, or is he still experimenting with radioactive materials? Police believe his mugshot may contain clues, but we may never know the real answer to this puzzling mystery.