Brewster teen pleads not guilty to school shooting plans:

I originally posted about Joe Poseur aka Charles Mustoe here. He's the 17-year-old that was busted for plotting an attack on Chelan High School with a 14-year-old Canadian girl over MySpace. Let us not forget that weapons were seized from the housed.

Anyway he's pleaded not guilty to adult charges of attempted murder. Like I've said before it's said that he wanted to shoot up the school because he was pushed around once by a bunch of kids that he can't remember exactly when and he wanted to make a statement.

As usual we have the excuse makers and the enablers coming to his defense.

First up is his public defender who bemoans the fact that Mustoe is rightly being charged as an adult.

“The biggest problem I see with taking this immediately into adult court is that treatment options are significantly limited compared to what’s available in the juvenile court system,” he said.

Sorry kid, you and your parents both had plenty of opportunities to get you help and there was nothing but fail all around.

One of the commenters on the article had this to say.

In no way do I justify murder. Although, unless you have been bullied and felt helpless to prevent it, you have no idea what it does to your mentality.

Was my generation the last one not to be a bunch of pussies? Like I've said, I was basically bullied every day in school for 12 years. I got over it and thrived in spite of it. Also like I've said after you get out of school you'll realize how high school is just a small blip on the time line of your life. If you hold on to it after you've graduated you have issues.

Another commenter on the article said that he was just trying to impress the girl. Oh, you mean the girl that wanted to kill herself while Mustoe shot up the school? Again, weapons were seized from Mustoe's home.

I'm sure the same people would be bemoaning the fact that if he did shoot up the school and kill people why didn't the police arrest them when they could.

Teen accused of plotting 'Columbine-style' attack:

Teen accused in school shooting plot was sick of being pushed around:

First off let me say that guy doesn't deserve to throw the horns. He should have his horn throwing fingers removed.

Anyway that is 17-year-old Charles Mustoe of Brewster,Washington. He's been busted for plotting an attack with a 14-year-old girl from across the border in Canada and yes she actually exists.

Mustoe allegedly plotted the attack against a school because he wanted to "make a statement to the world that he was sick of being pushed around."
As far as I can tell he was pushed around um...once. He claims that he was threatened by 8 kids last summer or the year before. The incident was so traumatic that he says it had  "been in his mind ever since it happened." It's been in his mind ever since but it sounds like he can't remember when it happened.

Not surprisingly Mustoe is a mutant of the highest order.  The attack was allegedly scheduled for (any guesses?) April 20th, 2011, the 12th anniversary of Columbine. So if Mustoe is 17 that means that he was 7 when Columbine happened. Not only that but he allegedly wanted to get a TEC-9 to use in his assault. The same type of handgun that was used by one of the Columbine cowards.

When police searched the home they recovered several firearms.

You want to know how Mustoe got busted? It's a real novel idea. His plans were thwarted by good parenting. Not his parents but the girl's parents. They discovered the Facebook messages between the two and notified police and get this they are actually getting help for their daughter who wanted to kill herself while Mustoe killed people at the school.Who would have thought that checking on your kids' internet activities could save lives. Oh wait, I knew.

Mustoe has been charged as an adult.

School attack plot suspect competent:

I originally posted about San Antonio, Texas mutant Jorge L. Alfaro here and here. Alfaro was arrested last year at the age of 22 for wanting to shoot up his former high school, Harland High School. His mom talked him out of it when he was leaving the house with an arsenal and body armor. She also turned him in. He was allegedly angry at his former high school about the way he was treated. He was also found to have writings about Columbine and Virginia Tech.

So like I said in my previous posts he carried this hate for 4 years and was going to attack a high school where if he was bullied, and boo hoo about that, none of his alleged tormenters would have even been there.

His attorney said that they would be seeking an insanity defense. However he has recentluy been ruled competent to stand trial.

He's looking at 10 years behind bars if found guilty. I'm sure he'll be nice and well adjusted when he gets out.

Update on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 1:30AM by Trench Reynolds

He pleaded guilty.

Sentencing is set for May 26th.

I don't expect him to do much time since he's pleaded.

Bridgewater-Raritan High School student accused of threatening 'Columbine'-like attack:

Cops charge second student in "Columbine' type scheme at Bridgewater-Raritan H.S.:

This actually happened about a week and a half ago but due to time restraints I wasn't able to post about it.

Anyway in North Jersey a plot to attack Bridgewater-Raritan High School was uncovered. Police arrested a 16-year-old male junior who threatend a Columbine like attack on the school. When police searched his home they found homemade bombs, ammunition, black powder and bomb making instructions.

So you're thinking no guns so what's the big deal. Well, a second suspect was arrested. He's a 17-year-old from Immaculata High School and when his house was searched they allegedly found a number of firearms along with ammunition that matched the ammo found at the 16-year-old's house.

No word on motive that I know of but my Spider-sense tells me that they may be a couple of M-words.

Computer games fan 'planned school massacre':

Teen Blogger's 'Teacher Massacre Foiled':

So which is he, a gamer or a blogger? Eh, more on that later.

In Beauvais, France a 13-year-old male identified only as Bastien allegedly took his father's shotgun and 20-25 shells with him in an attempt to shoot his teachers at Saint Esprit College. But get this, he was actually stopped by his parents. *gasp*

His parents actually notified police when they noticed a posting on his blog that said “This is my last muzik and certainly the last because Tuesday, November 17, 2009, will be the last day of my life. Sorry to leave you . . .”  So his parents actually checked up on him? *double gasp*

His parents saved a lot of lives because after seeing the police presence at the school Bastien chickened out and tossed the gun and the shells away.

The motive behind the alleged plot was just as selfish as the rest if them. He was mad at his teachers for not giving him the best grades. Grades are earned Sunshine not handed out.

Anyway the article from the Times makes a big deal out of the fact that Bastien was a gamer. When I think of games that the media usually hold up as examples in these cases I think of games like Counterstrike or Call of Duty. Not that I think those games or any games make you violent. But do you know what game he played? World of freakin' Warcraft. Unless he thought he was going to magically shoot lightning bolts from his hands at his teachers I don't think WoW had anything to do with this.

Bastien was charged with attempted murder but he bailed out (really?) and has been placed with a foster family pending psychological evaluation.

N.J. Teen in Alleged Killing Plot Described as Angry, Dark:

OK, I'm thinking bullying wasn't the motive if this guy walked around town with a baseball bat and practiced martial arts. This is just one bent individual here. This sounds more like a cry for attention from the parent since Matthew Lovett's brother was the one always getting the attention because of his cleft palette.

Shooting spree foiled:

A Columbine style killing spree was stopped today in South Jersey. 3 teens sporting trench coats, carrying guns and knives were captured by police after a botched car-jacking. The three were planning to kill three school "enemies" and then kill random people. They did not plan on being taken alive. The oldest suspect, Matthew Lovett, 18, had a Matrix obsession. From the article...

Lovett also imagined an almost supernatural aura around himself, sometimes referring to himself as The Mystic, The One and Neo, friends said. The One and Neo are names for Keanu Reeves'

character in The Matrix film series.

Another Matrix case. I wonder how long it will take before someone starts complaining about the movie.

According to this article Lovett had some anger issues and drew violent pictures and was picked on a lot at school and kept a list of enemies since grade school. Normally I would blame the parents for letting this go undetected but Lovett's father had his hands full. Lovett's brother had a cleft palette which required a lot of attention and his mom died 9 years ago. Still someone had to notice these things. Then again it is the New Jersey public school system we're talking about.

Actually there is a ton of blame to go around but I'm not going to get into that. What I can't believe is that even after Columbine and all the copycats since that schools still don't do anything about bullying. I'm also still amazed that kids are still bullying other kids in the wake of Columbine. Apparently our children aren't learning anything at school anymore.

Luckily through their own ineptness they were captured without incident.

Other articles:

N.J. Teens Accused of Plotting Killings

$1 million bail for alleged teen ringleader