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Teen found with 20 bombs at school
« on: Mar 19^th, 2004, 11:50am »

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Teen found with 20 bombs at school
Charged with attempted murder
Friday, March 19, 2004 Posted: 10:38 AM EST (1538 GMT)

MALCOLM, Nebraska (AP) -- A teenager was charged with attempted murder after police found him outside his school with 20 homemade bombs, a rifle and a note saying he wanted to injure everyone at his high school except for three friends.

Authorities believe they averted what could have been the worst school shooting since the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School.

Josh Magee, 17, was arrested Tuesday in the parking lot of Malcolm High School after a staff member saw him swigging liquor from a flask and putting on a black overcoat.

Police who searched Magee's car found a bolt-action rifle, several rounds of ammunition, small bottles of propane and rigged containers of a petroleum-based propellant.

"It had the potential of going badly," said Superintendent Gene Modernize. "With this student, at this school, on this particular day, we were successful. We got lucky."

Parents and school officials in this tiny town north of Lincoln said Magee often spoke about Columbine, where Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and a teacher before killing themselves.

"He asked them in class last week if they knew who Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were," said Julia Lostrah, whose daughter is Magee's classmate. "Then he said, `I know them."'

Second school incident within a week
The arrest came in the same week that authorities in another rural town in the heartland avoided a potentially violent school encounter.

Two second-grade boys and an 11-year-old schoolmate were arrested Wednesday in Forsyth, Montana, on charges that they buried a loaded handgun in a playground sandbox and plotted to shoot and stab a third-grade girl during recess. Authorities said the boys intended to harm the young girl because she had teased two of them.

No one answered the door Thursday at Magee's red-brick home just down the road from the school in Malcolm, a town so small that its downtown streets are unpaved.

School and law enforcement officials said his mother works as a chef in Lincoln, and his father is serving in Afghanistan in the military.

Magee, who has attended Malcolm schools since kindergarten, was always been on the district's radar, Neddenriep said.

"All the way through, he was just a little different," he said. "He liked to be alone, he didn't take part in many things. His enjoyment was weapons."

The superintendent said he wasn't aware of reports that Magee was a target of bullies. "There were never any incidents reported," he said.

When students began reporting to faculty that Magee bragged of making and testing explosives at home, Neddenriep said, the school paid close attention to the teen.

Magee then began showing some interest in school activities, he said.

Lostrah, who is also the school district's administrative assistant, said Magee joined the cross-country team and was an impressive musician.

"He was very talented," she said.

Magee was being held in a juvenile jail, but he was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder.

Neddenriep said the school of about 450 students will refine its safety policies in the wake of Magee's arrest.

"There's one thing I did learn," Neddenriep said. "It can happen anywhere."

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Re: Teen found with 20 bombs at school
« Reply #1 on: Mar 19^th, 2004, 4:12pm »

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"He liked to be alone, he didn't take part in many things. His enjoyment was weapons."

See here's what I will never understand. What the he** kind of upbringing did this kid have if "his enjoyment was weapons"? He's 17 for crying out loud. What's a 17-year old doing with his own weapons?

Reminds me of that nitwit they arrested for the Ohio shootings earlier this week. His sister told the press that he suffered from some kind of mental disease, so after he skipped town they (his family) decided to turn in his guns to authorites. Um, mental disease... guns.... Does that scenario make sense to ANYBODY?

Where has our sense of personal responsibility gone?
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Re: Teen found with 20 bombs at school
« Reply #2 on: Mar 19^th, 2004, 7:50pm »

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I don't understand that statement. He doesn't really fit into any category. Look at some of what the article says. Quote:

Two second-grade boys and an 11-year-old schoolmate were arrested Wednesday in Forsyth, Montana, on charges that they buried a loaded handgun in a playground sandbox and plotted to shoot and stab a third-grade girl during recess. Authorities said the boys intended to harm the young girl because she had teased two of them.

That sounds like sociopathic behavior to me. But look at this. Quote:

Magee then began showing some interest in school activities, he said. Lostrah, who is also the school district's administrative assistant, said Magee joined the cross-country team and was an impressive musician.

Totally Bizarre. If he had an investment in the world, why did he decide to do what he did. It's like he had a love-hate relationship with reality. People like that aren't just crazy. People Like that are Tragic.

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Re: Teen found with 20 bombs at school
« Reply #3 on: Apr 2^nd, 2004, 2:14pm »

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Reminds me of the film "Runaway Jury", man, anyone can buy guns these days... so sick... but I think its more on the upbringing of these children. If they are taught to be decent citizens, even if there are free guns being given, they wouldnt act the way they did... sad sad world.

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« Reply #4 on: May 24^th, 2004, 1:48am »

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If the parents of these children gave them more time and attention and actually LISTEN to their problems they this would not happen

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« Reply #5 on: May 24^th, 2004, 9:35am »

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Its funny (not really) but since spanking has been labled ABUSE we have seen a steady increase in young crimes! I certainly dont blame this but it does seem our youth of today need that FIRM hand instead of meaningless TIME OUT. I am NOT talking about getting a switch from a tree but somewhere in last few years we lost something we had and the decline of our youth is the proof. Maybe and I say MAYBE its time we take a step back and look at what we are becoming and what we were and try to fix it.

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Re: Teen found with 20 bombs at school
« Reply #6 on: May 24^th, 2004, 1:21pm »

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I hate to contradict, but my son responds really well to time outs, better than he does to spanking. I find that with spanking all it does is escallate the anger and drama of the situation and that with a time out, the anger descallates and instead of being more angry & feeling picked on, he's apologetic for his behaviour. I think that parenting is to blame for these kinds of incidents, but that time outs are not the problem.

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« Reply #7 on: May 24^th, 2004, 1:35pm »

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time outs should always come first I will agree and GOOD parenting always is a must. My point is young crimes have increased and spankings (hand only on clothed butt) could help those who Time out is meaningless with! I use Time out all the time but I have seen those it has little or no impact on and those are the ones I refer to. Sometimes we have to step up disipline. Spankings should always be a LAST resort but it does have an impact on child.

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Re: Teen found with 20 bombs at school
« Reply #8 on: May 24^th, 2004, 5:09pm »

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In my country spanking a child is now seen as child abuse and a child can pursue an assault charge against their parents

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Re: Teen found with 20 bombs at school
« Reply #9 on: May 24^th, 2004, 7:13pm »

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I'm not surprised. Imagine if someone spanked their wife or husband as discipline, how the public would respond.

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« Reply #10 on: May 24^th, 2004, 7:50pm »

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Maybe the wife liked to be spanked :laff:

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Re: Teen found with 20 bombs at school
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on May 24^th, 2004, 7:13pm, Rhune wrote:

I'm not surprised. Imagine if someone spanked their wife or husband as discipline, how the public would respond.

In Arabic countries husbands DO spank their wives.

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