Posted on 04/30/2009 7:05:59 AM PDT by freespirited
Two Montgomery County teenagers have been charged with arson and conspiracy to commit murder in an alleged plot to kill the principal at their White Oak high school with a nail-filled bomb and then trigger a major explosion inside the school, authorities said yesterday.
The Springbrook High School students -- juniors ages 18 and 17 -- are suspected of having set three fires at the school, including one Tuesday before the discovery of the plot that led to their arrests, police said.
According to police, the students planned "in the near future" to throw the bomb into the principal's office, and then puncture a gas pipe in the school's auditorium and use an incendiary device to set off an explosion.
Montgomery Police Chief Thomas Manger said investigators think the students "really had an intention of doing this."
Over the past month, the students "constructed and experimented with several different incendiary devices," said Lt. Paul Starks, a police spokesman. They had also attempted to puncture pipes in the boys' locker room to determine whether they were gas lines, he said.
Police identified the teens as Yonata Getachew, 18, of the 11500 block of Sutherland Hill Way in White Oak and Anthony N. Torrence, 17, of the 13500 block of Greencastle Ridge Terrace in the Burtonsville area. Torrence has been charged as an adult.
Each is charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree arson and other offenses. They are scheduled to appear in court for bond hearings today.
Acting on search warrants obtained Tuesday night, investigators searched both students' homes. They found flammable liquids and materials used to make "chemical reaction bombs," police said in a statement. They also found "notes and plans written by Getachew and Torrence about preparations and the physical design of the school building."
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I am guessing Montgomery County might have a few more home schoolers soon.
Montgomery county Md used to be the richest county in the USA. Still up there with money that the swine who slop at the taxpayer funded trough spill to the bureaucrats.
But, gee, they’re such good boys!
They’re old enough to be tried as adults.
Ok, now we know what their physical ages were. How far along were they mentally, sounds about 6 year's.
I live in Mo. Co. (Montgomery County) ...
NOT surprising at all - a couple of years ago there was a BAD MS-13 knifing at Springbrook H.S.
Also, a little over a year ago, there was a shooting at my old H.S. (Einstein H.S.) ...
It was a gun sale in the boy’s bathroom and a gun “accidentally” discharged into the wall ...
FORTUNATELY, the bathroom survived ...
Perps got juvie jail - go figger ...
There are not too many 18 yr old “Juniors” unless something else is awry
Obviously right wing extremists. Probably got this idea from attending a Tea Party.
Picture at link. LOL
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What ethnic group is that name? Ethiopian? Somali?
If they expel him Montgomery County will have to go looking for an ethnic replacement - aren’t they anal about their “diversity”?
Methinks they's been some bullyin' goin' down there. LOL.
>> What ethnic group is that name? Ethiopian? Somali? <<
“Yonata Getachew” looks to me like the name of an Ethiopian Christian. There are lots of them in the Wash DC area, mostly very good citizens who are grateful to be in the USA.
(By the way, they have a virtual monopoly among the parking lot attendants, and Ethiopian women are 90% of the clerks at airport news stands and gift shops. Moreover, the Ethiopian restaurants serve very tasty dishes!)
Presumably Ethiopian according to this blogger:
http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?title=ethiopia_teens_charged_in_alleged_plan_t&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
FOX video at link also.
Half the schools in Montgomery County are shitholes, what with all the recent (illegal) immigration. . Welcome to the Third World, this is only a preview.
AMISH??????????
Wow. When I was in school the most we’d ever do is break kneecaps. Today’s kids are really getting violent.
Doubtless, two members of the home grown terrorist cell known as the Witts. Those taken into custody were Dim Witt and Half Witt. A person of interest, Nit Witt may be questioned.
Local activist, the Reverend Half Baked said, “This can’t be. They’re good boys. They must be suffering from Post Bush Economic Meltdown Syndrome. It’s “W”s fault. Obama will pardon these good boys. They are the type of individuals who should have positions of authority in Obama’s mandatory volunteer national service program.”
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