Police discover "cache" of weapons at teen's home
Kudos to that Police Dept. for getting this arsenal of pellet guns of the street...
PHILADELPHIA - A home-schooled teenager who felt bullied amassed a cache of guns, knives and hand grenades and tried to recruit another boy for a possible school attack, authorities said Thursday.
The 14-year-old was taken into custody after police searched his bedroom in a Philadelphia suburb on Wednesday evening. He had talked about mounting a Columbine-type attack at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, authorities said.
The weapons included a 9mm assault rifle that the teenager's mother had recently bought for him, Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. said. Prosecutors are reviewing her actions.
Police also found about 30 air-powered guns, plus swords, knives, hand grenades, a bomb-making book, videos of the 1999 Columbine attack in Colorado and violence-filled notebooks, Castor said. The weapons were plainly visible in the boy's bedroom, Castor said.
The search did not turn up any ammunition for the most dangerous firearm in the bunch, the assault rifle. Authorities said one grenade was operable and three others were still being assembled.
"I do not think an attack was imminent and I am not certain that an attack was going to occur at all," Castor said at a news conference. "It could have simply been big talking by a kid who thought that he was bullied previously and he was going to exact his revenge."
The teen previously attended middle school in the district but had been taught at home for more than a year after voluntarily leaving school, Castor said.
Plymouth Township police searched the home after getting a tip Wednesday from a high school student and his father.
The teen was charged as a juvenile with solicitation to commit terror and other counts and was being held at a youth facility. It was not immediately clear whether he had a lawyer.
Castor declined to name the suspect's parents and said he did not think they had retained lawyers.
"They are now under investigation by us, concerning whether there's any complicity in putting the weapon in this boy's hands," Castor said.
The arrest came the same day a 14-year-old in Ohio opened fire at his Cleveland high school, wounding four before killing himself.
Classes were held as usual Thursday at the Pennsylvania high school.
PHILADELPHIA - A home-schooled teenager who felt bullied amassed a cache of guns, knives and hand grenades and tried to recruit another boy for a possible school attack, authorities said Thursday.
The 14-year-old was taken into custody after police searched his bedroom in a Philadelphia suburb on Wednesday evening. He had talked about mounting a Columbine-type attack at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, authorities said.
The weapons included a 9mm assault rifle that the teenager's mother had recently bought for him, Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. said. Prosecutors are reviewing her actions.
Police also found about 30 air-powered guns, plus swords, knives, hand grenades, a bomb-making book, videos of the 1999 Columbine attack in Colorado and violence-filled notebooks, Castor said. The weapons were plainly visible in the boy's bedroom, Castor said.
The search did not turn up any ammunition for the most dangerous firearm in the bunch, the assault rifle. Authorities said one grenade was operable and three others were still being assembled.
"I do not think an attack was imminent and I am not certain that an attack was going to occur at all," Castor said at a news conference. "It could have simply been big talking by a kid who thought that he was bullied previously and he was going to exact his revenge."
The teen previously attended middle school in the district but had been taught at home for more than a year after voluntarily leaving school, Castor said.
Plymouth Township police searched the home after getting a tip Wednesday from a high school student and his father.
The teen was charged as a juvenile with solicitation to commit terror and other counts and was being held at a youth facility. It was not immediately clear whether he had a lawyer.
Castor declined to name the suspect's parents and said he did not think they had retained lawyers.
"They are now under investigation by us, concerning whether there's any complicity in putting the weapon in this boy's hands," Castor said.
The arrest came the same day a 14-year-old in Ohio opened fire at his Cleveland high school, wounding four before killing himself.
Classes were held as usual Thursday at the Pennsylvania high school.
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quote:30 air-powered guns
Cache nothing, why that is a full blown arsenal! Heck I'll bet that bad boy even had a BB gun.0 -
how is a 9mm carbine an "assult rifle" 0 -
cause 0 -
its a good thing they caught this terrorist early. he could have given welts to hundreds of kids with those pellet guns. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by bigmill
how is a 9mm carbine an "assult rifle"
FOX NEWS calls it a 9mm SA rifle.0 -
Good lord, you would seriously wonder what the newspaper report would read like if they searched any number of memebers of this boards home from what I've heard people talk about on here. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Kodiakk
Good lord, you would seriously wonder what the newspaper report would read like if they searched any number of memebers of this boards home from what I've heard people talk about on here.
So true[:D]0 -
What's a 9mm SA rifle?
That's new news-speak for a semi-automatic rifle?
I'd bet my shorts it is a Kel-Tec.0 -
"You'll shoot your eye out"![:D] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by bigmill
how is a 9mm carbine an "assult rifle"
while this is very serious issue. and could have gone very bad with the hand grenades.
the 9 is the "assult rifle" because it is the worst they could come up with. the 30 air powered guns says he is one of those sad type of kids who think that airsoft guns are superbadasse and would more than likely use to intimidate and have everyone else believe they are real while he reloads.
while airsoft guns are neat and some are realistic and used as training tools for LEOs. those who amass them and act like they are the king supreme of BAMFs it just makes them pathetic0 -
Sure would like to see pix of the 9 and the grenades.
Somehow, I think the photos would speak a thousand words.
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HOW DID HE GET AHOLD OF GERNADES[?][?] 0 -
If he attacked the school, he might have been able to shoot all the birds out of the trees. 0 -
I would hate to see the story on my little collection. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by needmyguns
HOW DID HE GET AHOLD OF GERNADES[?][?]
Somehow I don't think the "grenades" are quite as dangerous as it may seem0 -
i remember when i got caught with my first hand grenade, they called the f.b.i., had the bomb and arson squad suited up and ready, it even hit the major news channels at the time,i was 12-13 had a old pineapple dummy practice grenade i was putting caps in it, and pulling the pin to set them off, i was interrogated by two agents, i remember one asked me "do you have any more explosives like this", of course me being a smart ass i said "no not like that th rest is c4" then showed them my play-dough, even at that age i was amused at their ignorance 0 -
I'm betting it was a 9mm Hi Point Carbine (less than most really expensive "assault" weapons, and easily within the reach of even a home-schooler's parent's pocketbook), and the radio reports I heard said the "grenades" were handmade as well. Of course, if the stuff was in plain sight; he's gotta be a nutcase!
This freak will probably be evaluated, screened, checked & rechecked, and then "mainstreamed" right into a classroom full of "regular" kids,
who will punish him incessantly for being a dumbazz.
Of course, the "books on bombmaking" and the Columbine video will count against him, cuz anyone watching a video is susceptible to violent thoughts and actions according to the Liberal pseudo-scientist/psychiatrists that will undoubtedly claim that the boy can be "saved".
Curious how the cops are going to investigate the parent for any way the kid got the gun, when it said in the story that the Mom bought it for him. Case Closed?0 -
Lock the little freak up. 0 -
Warpig he is already a little bit dead. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
Warpig he is already a little bit dead.
Wrong kid HeDog. Don0 -
quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
i remember when i got caught with my first hand grenade, they called the f.b.i., had the bomb and arson squad suited up and ready, it even hit the major news channels at the time,i was 12-13 had a old pineapple dummy practice grenade i was putting caps in it, and pulling the pin to set them off, i was interrogated by two agents, i remember one asked me "do you have any more explosives like this", of course me being a smart ass i said "no not like that th rest is c4" then showed them my play-dough, even at that age i was amused at their ignorance
I'd like to read your FBI file.0 -
CRUCIFY HIM!!!!!!! 0 -
Here's a pic of the weapons I got from Fox news
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If the above pic is really what fox gave you... those are airsoft guns and not even metal BB guns. [}:)] 0 -
30 airsoft guns? Sounds like the kid was a spoiled brat that the parent gave whatever he wanted. Those airsoft guns aren't cheap at all. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by ljwrench
Here's a pic of the weapons I got from Fox news
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prosectuors are now just as bad as defense attorneys. they just want publicity. i saw the news conference on tv and it was PATHETIC !!
i really wish the NRA or some gun group would send a reporter to these dog and pony shows to ask some REAL questions. like question number 1....."how is the kid going to shoot his classmates with no ammunition?"
question number 2 "are bb guns that look like assualt rifles really as dangerous?"
question number 3 "does powder from a firecracker really make a hand grenade?"0 -
....he also boasted of pulling another "columbine". Big no-no. Joe 0 -
The really sad thing is I saw a report on the local news tonight. They made NO mention that all but one of those guns they showed were airsoft. Made it look like a 14 year old had all those real guns.. Of course I knew the REAL story. There's a bunch of cash ties up in those airsoft too..
Marc...
PS.. you know.. 2 bricks of 22 is a THOUSAND rounds of ammo.. How bad would that sound on the news..0 -
More pap that passes for "news" today - the police and prosecutor are at least as silly as this boy and his family - at best, the story belongs in a supermarket tabloid. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Rack Ops
quote:Originally posted by needmyguns
HOW DID HE GET AHOLD OF GERNADES[?][?]
Somehow I don't think the "grenades" are quite as dangerous as it may seem
You'd be right to think that:
http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2007/10/11/785960.html
"Also discovered were seven explosive devices Castor described as homemade grenades: plastic containers filled with BBs to which gunpowder could be added."
In other words, probably more airsoft toys, that he "could" pour gunpowder into.
I wonder, were the "swords and knives" real, or were they also made of plastic? Then again, even if they were metal, wallhanger SWOs aren't exactly weapons of mass destruction.0
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