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Irvine teen’s home science lab raided by the FBI

Science is not a crime.

Jason Weisberger
Mar 04, 2026
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A 17-year-old biological sciences student at UC Irvine got an unexpected visit from the FBI after a maintenance worker misunderstood his garage chemistry setup and called in the cops. The response escalated quickly: hazmat teams, the FBI, and even the California National Guard’s civil support unit descended on a gated community while investigators worri…

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