N.J. Students Return After Foiled Plot To Kill
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) ―
A Columbine-style attack plot planned for Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 was thwarted at Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School after a student came forward when he found out about the plan.
Police are on hand as students return to a New Jersey high school that prosecutors say was the target of a “Columbine-like” plot.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) ―
A Columbine-style attack plot planned for Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 was thwarted at Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School after a student came forward when he found out about the plan.
Police are on hand as students return to a New Jersey high school that prosecutors say was the target of a “Columbine-like” plot.
Officials say the police presence is to reassure students and parents that Bridgewater-Raritan High School is safe.
Principal James Riccobono will offer words of encouragement during an address to all 2,900 students before classes begin Monday.
Counselors also are on hand.
Authorities say a 16-year-old junior was arrested Thursday after a police resource officer at the school was told the teen was planning an attack. Authorities say they found shotgun shells, bullets, black powder and explosive devices in the teen’s home.
Officials also arrested a 17-year-old Immaculata High School senior, who is a competitive target shooter.
2 teens die in icy road crashTwo Montgomery County teenagers were killed just before midnight Saturday when their SUV skidded off an icy Route 100 in Upper Pottsgrove Township. Published and television news reports said that the two ninth-graders were from Pottstown High School, the same school where two students died in an SUV accident just before Thanksgiving. The names of the victims were not immediately released.
