PLOT SUSPECTS CHARGED HIGH SCHOOL MASSACRE FOILED, AUTHORITIES SAY.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer QUARTZ HILL - Two high school students arrested on suspicion of planning a Columbine-style attack on Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. at Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). in retaliation for being teased were charged Monday with conspiracy to commit murder. Sheriff's deputies said the boys, ages 15 and 17, had found bomb-making instructions on the Internet and detonated practice bombs in the desert. ``It's an extremely serious case,'' Deputy District Attorney Lonnie Felker said. ``We take these things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video The music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. very seriously, and this is the kind of thing where you've got to do something upfront to make sure it doesn't happen when they plan.'' The boys, whose names have not been released because they are minors, remained in custody, with arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted in Sylmar Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial . The younger boy also faces a charge of making criminal threats. If convicted, the two face maximum sentences of confinement in a California Youth Authority facility up to age 25. The boys, who dressed in Goth-style makeup with black clothing, black nail polish and piercings, said they had felt ostracized at Quartz Hill High, deputies said. The teens had attended Quartz Hill High School but were transferred this fall to other schools because of past discipline problems. The 15-year-old enrolled at Desert Sands Charter School and the older boy at Littlerock High School Littlerock High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Littlerock, California. It is the a part of the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). External links
The two had been on probation in a 2003 assault in which a 14-year-old boy was sodomized with a metal rod, deputies said. Authorities said the 17-year-old admitted there was a plot including shooting students and using improvised explosive devices. Deputies said the 15-year-old told them the plan was to kill all students who had made fun of him at school and then commit suicide Verb 1. commit suicide - kill oneself; "the terminally ill patient committed suicide" kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" . The two are accused of planning the attack for Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, a date picked because of a song by shock rocker Marilyn Manson. They were arrested Thursday. On Wednesday, authorities said, a girl had contacted a Quartz Hill High vice principal and reported that the teens were planning a Columbine-type attack on the school. On April 20, 1999, 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School Columbine High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado. The school is located at 6201 South Pierce Street, one mile west of the Littleton city limits and half a mile south of the Denver city/county line. in Littleton, Colo., were shot to death by two teenage gunmen who then killed themselves. Deputies said the girl said she had been warned by friends that the 15-year-old did not like her and was planning to kidnap her and cut off her arms and legs. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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