“The kid needs help, but this is a violent offense,” said Jay Hodge. “You can’t put an entire community in fear and just walk away. In this situation, society requires jail time. There’s no way to excuse or forgive what he did.”
18 year-old Ryan Schallenberger, who stands accused of planning to bomb his high school
The charges: attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, which carries a possible a life sentence, and two other federal counts
Schallenberger (pictured) was arrested on state charges Saturday after his parents called the police because he had ordered 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer used in bombs, from eBay
included how he would lock his school’s doors
where he would place more than five explosives
they also found an audiotape that was to have been played after Schallenberger died
”He had plenty of friends
That’s why it was such a shock
e obviously kept all this bottled up
clipped from: blogs.wsj.com 