School Bomb Plot Busted
Two Springbrook High School students planned an attack on the school, according to the Montgomery County Police Department.
Springbrook High Plot Suspects Hated Counselor
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According to court documents, two teens planned to attack a school counselor with a bag of rocks and nails because one of them hated her and bomb the principal…
Anthony Torrence, 17, and 18-year-old Yonata Getachew are charged as adults with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, three counts of arson, and conspiracy to manufacture or possess a destructive device.
Authorities discovered their plot Tuesday. There’s no evidence they planned to execute the attack Tuesday, police said.
“They’d been planning over the past four weeks to assault a school counselor and the school’s principal with explosive devices and set fire to the school building using explosive material to cause extensive damage and serious injuries to others,” Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said.