VIRGINIA — Officials with the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office say they have arrested two male students for plotting a shooting at their high school.
The students, ages 15 and 17, are being charged with conspiracy to commit murder and are being held without bond at a juvenile detention center, officials said.
The plot was foiled by School Resource Officer, (SRO) Deputies and Detectives.
On 10/12/15, an SRO arrested a juvenile male student at Riverbend High School, pursuant to information developed by the Deputy regarding the student’s intentions to commit acts of violence against “others” in the school.
The student was charged with the felony crime of “Threatening Violence by Means of Internet”. The student was subsequently ordered held in the Juvenile Detention Center by the Court.
During the ensuing investigation by SROs and Detectives, additional information was developed, potentially linking a second student to the planning and intent to carry out the plot, along with the first student, who was now in custody.
Intensive investigative efforts led to a second arrest of a juvenile male on 10/23/15.
The information that was developed, including the possible use of firearm(s), led to search warrants being executed on the residences of both suspects.
Further evidence was garnered, which led Detectives to amend the charges on the first subject to “Conspiracy to Commit Murder”. The second juvenile suspect is also being charged similarly.
Both are being detained at the Rappahannock Regional Juvenile Detention Center. No additional suspects are believed to be involved in this conspiracy.
