Posted on 01/10/2009 2:09:32 PM PST by Libloather
Police thwart plot to shoot up school
Friday, January 9, 2009
BREVARD, N.C. — Police in western North Carolina say they have derailed a 15-year-old's plot to shoot up his school, thanks to a tip from a teen in New York.
Transylvania County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Brian Kreigsman said Thursday the suspect told a 16-year-old girl on Jan. 2 about plans to "shoot up" Brevard High School. The pair were chatting on the popular MySpace social networking Web site.
Kreigsman said the girl notified her local sheriff's office, which contacted authorities in North Carolina.
Officials there found a computer and DVD with attack plans at the 15-year-old's home, but said those plans were not elaborate.
Mom arraigned on charges tied to high school rampage plot
Friday, January 9, 2009 9:43 AM EST
By CARL HESSLER Jr., Special to the Times
POTTSTOWN — An Upper Pottsgrove woman surrendered to authorities Thursday and was arraigned on charges she allegedly aided her stepson in disposing of guns and ammunition that a Pottstown High School student intended to use to kill other students.
Julie Ann Macedo, 51, of the 100 block of Micklitz Drive, appeared before District Court Judge Thomas A. Palladino for her arraignment on charges of tampering with physical evidence, recklessly endangering other persons, making false reports to law enforcement and conspiracy in connection with incidents that occurred between November and December of 2008.
Palladino set Macedo’s bail at 10 percent of $2,500, which Macedo posted to remain free pending her preliminary hearing at 10:45 a.m. Jan. 20.
http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2009/01/10/news/doc4967629ac02e1550837465.txt
Mo. teen gets probation in murder-for-hire plot
The Associated Press
Fri, Jan 9, 2009 (9:39 p.m.)
An Missouri teenager gets two years probation for introducing his high-school classmate to two would-be hit men.
The sentence 18-year-old Joseph Garcia of Independence received Friday in county court is the same one imposed last month against 19-year-old Jacob Jett.
Prosecutors say Jett gave the would-be hit men $260 and three handguns to kill his adoptive parents because he thought they were too strict and wanted to inherit their money.
The plot came to light after one of the would-be hit men was picked up for a parole violation. Prosecutors have said they didn't believe the men intended on committing the murders.
Garcia pleaded guilty in October to two counts of attempted second-degree murder.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jan/09/mo-teen-gets-probation-in-murder-for-hire-plot/
This 16 year old girl from New York is proof that their are still a lot of good kids out there. Her parents can be proud of her. The parents in NC owe her a big “THANK YOU.”
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