Maine
Related: About this forumMaine teen allegedly wanted to be 'the most notorious school shooter in American history'
A high school student in Maine accused of threatening a school shooting in posts on an online gaming site has been arrested.
Ellsworth schools Superintendent Daniel Higgins says the threat did not reference a specific school, but the websites host provided the FBI with an IP address that led to an Ellsworth High School student.
Nineteen-year-old Michael Allen was arrested and charged with terrorizing.
Police Chief Glenn Moshier tells WCSH-TV the threat did not mention any specific time or date but was determined to be credible. He says the author of the messages estimated he could kill as many as 30 people.
It was Mr. Allens express intention to become the most notorious school shooter in American history by exceeding the number of people killed recently in Florida, Hancock County Deputy District Attorney Toff Toffolon said during a Friday court hearing on the matter, according to WABI television. He told the police, I didnt expect you to catch on to this so fast, Im surprised you know about this already, I thought I had more time.
Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2018/02/24/news/hancock/maine-teen-allegedly-wanted-to-be-the-most-notorious-school-shooter-in-american-history/
I didn't realize that school shootings had become a competitive sport.
Yonnie3
(18,161 posts)or maybe one of those DACA criminals.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)to do similar things.
Squinch
(53,060 posts)Yonnie3
(18,161 posts)It's likely he will have a mental evaluation and it's actually possible that that will result in him being off the street an indefinite period.
Terrorizing is a specific crime in Maine. I thought at first it was a simplification. I did some searching and reading about this
Apparently there are two classes of this crime. Class C: threat causes evacuation, etc. Class D: threat only.
Class D: Crimes punishable by up to 364 days incarceration and a $2,000 fine
Maine does not use felonies and misdemeanors in crime classification, but classes crimes from A through E with A being the most heinous.
Squinch
(53,060 posts)doesn't fill me with ease.
Yonnie3
(18,161 posts)They didn't say if he had access to weapons. I don't know if other charges would happen then.
This seems to be attention seeking behavior at any level you look at it. He will receive lots of attention from lawyers, judges, psychiatrists, jailers, etc.
He is being held without bail according to this story.
http://www.wabi.tv/content/news/19-Year-Old-Makes-Court-Appearance-for-Threatening-Ellsworth-High-School-474996463.html
A apparently he has a history.
3Hotdogs
(13,488 posts)Yonnie3
(18,161 posts)It looks like he got in trouble in the past and was released under conditions.
GreenPartyVoter
(73,072 posts)*feeling sick*
samnsara
(18,292 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,168 posts)masmdu
(2,579 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)first off banning him from having access to guns is out of the question, you know, Constitution and all.
So what's next?
3Hotdogs
(13,488 posts)What happens then? That's why we need to get rid of the guns.