TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Boy Who Plotted To Kill Classmates Avoids Any Time Behind Bars:
14-year-old Austin Mohr accepted a plea deal that would keep him from spending any time behind bars.

Mohr, who stood accused of plotting an attack against DeLand Middle School, pleaded no contest to a charge of attempted threat to discharge a destructive device on school property. The original charges were conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to discharge firearm on school property.

The plea allows Mohr to escape any prison time. The only punishment Mohr received was 5 years probation and the court is trying to act like it's worse than jail...

The judge could end Mohr's probation at any time, but state attorneys defended any suggestion that the boy was getting off easy.

"That's not true, he is on probation for the next five years," explained Asst. State Attorney Amy Walker. "The court, as the judge said, he will have jurisdiction over this young man until he's 19 years old. That's the maximum allowable time a judge would have in any criminal case involving a juvenile."

So basically if he tries to plot again then he'll go to jail. I'm sure the students and parents of DeLand are feeling not very secure tonight.

Let's hear from Mohr himself...

"I am lucky that I'm not an older age or I would be in prison for five years," he said.

Notice he didn't say that he regretted what he did or that he was sorry. He's just thankful that he wasn't older.

To make matters even worse Mohr's attorney says probation could be dropped after only a year.

From what I understand certain MySpaces belonging to certain mutants have been deleted or made private.

However that won't spoil our fun because I made some copies.

Here is a copy of the MySpace of Austin Mohr, the 14-year-old in the Deland Middle School plot.

And here we have both of Lee Billi's MySpaces. He's the 33-year-old from Ohio involved with the teen from Penn High School in Indiana.

Accused school massacre ringleader says he was bullied, depressed:
The alleged ringleader in the plot to attack DeLand Middle School in Florida is playing the bullying card and playing it well.

14-year-old Austin Mohr has said, to the media no less, that someone threatened to slit his throat with a razor blade and that he complained to a teacher who did nothing. Did you ever notice there's never any names involved with these allegations? It's always generics and vagueness, a teacher, somebody. Which coincidentally goes all the way back to Columbine. The mutants say that Harris and Klebold were bullied by jocks but can never produce a name.

Also as usual these kids play it off as if it wasn't their fault that they committed a crime, it's always someone else's fault to them. And it seems to be working on the Florida courts because both Mohr and co-conspirator Tyler Christian are allowed to go home at night after their daily 'counseling'. Or as I like to call it 'putting one over on a social worker'.

Volusia Sheriff Ben Johnson answers charges he overreacted in middle-school case:
Sheriff Ben Johnson of Volusia County in Florida has been accused by Austin Mohr's lawyer that he arrested this kids involved in the plot against DeLand Middle School to further his career. Sheriff Johnson had this to say at a press conference when asked if this was ploy to garner re-election...

"I'd rather be here answering these questions, than to answer questions about why a tragedy occurred," he concluded.

Again, you'd think that would just be common sense but when dealing with criminal defense attorneys they rarely use common sense.

Accused Mastermind In School Violence Plot To Be Released:
The alleged ringleader of the plot to attack DeLand Middle School, Austin Mohr, was told by a judge today that he'll be spending his days in treatment but will spend his nights at home. That's more than his cohorts got. Charlene Russell and Tyler Christian will spend the next 30 days in a treatment facility. The article doesn't go into detail on why Mohr gets to go home.

And of course Mohr's lawyer is playing the bullying card...

Mohr's attorney, though, chalked it up to imagination and blamed the arrest on the sheriff's need to boost his campaign for re-election.

"The adults could not see the writing on the wall and apparently [Sheriff] Ben Johnson and his staff didn't have a clue how to handle this case except to get the publicity they so desperately seemed to want," Damore said.

David Damore also blamed the school for what happened, saying the kids were bullied and staff never stepped in help.

I guess he hasn't heard, that defense has yet to work.

All suspects have pleaded not guilty.

Bully-Proof Program Helped Stop DeLand Murder Plot:
DeLand Middle School in Florida has a program in place that encourages students to speak up about bullies. So instead of speaking up about bullies three students there plotted an attack against the school. However when the details of the plot leaked to another student that student spoke up because of the bullying program leading to the arrest of the three would be school shooters.

It's like rain on your wedding day.

Report: Hunting Rifles Sought For Columbine-Style School Massacre:
The three suspects in the DeLand Middle School plot were actively attempting to get their hands on firearms according to police.

The affidavit also said the teens were actively trying to get hold of a gun -- even getting permission from friends who had hunting rifles, Local 6 reported.

The mother of one of the suspects is playing the not my kid card...

Charlene Russell's mother, Ruth, said her daughter was picked on at school.

"The only thing she has said was that she was sick of being picked on at school all of the time," Russell said. "They said that she was diagnosed with anti-social personality disorder and that is wrong. I got her diagnosis and it is oppositional defiance disorder and a conduct disorder."

I'm sure our resident amateur psychologist will weigh in and explain to us what the difference is.

To me it sounds like just one more parent not paying attention.

Police: 3 DeLand school teens plotted murder:
Three 13-year-old 7th graders from DeLand Middle School in Florida have been arrested for plotting an attack against their school. Two of the students were male and one was female. The suspects were identified as Austin Mohr, Tyler Christian and Charlene Russell.

The plot was discovered when Mohr tipped his hand by texting another student about it.

In the text message, Mohr directed his rage against two students, in particular, but went on to say he would kill "every person I see . . . The massacre will happen soon."

Not surprisingly Mohr is a mutant...

Mohr posed as a 19-year-old boy on a MySpace Web page with "satanic references, a picture of a tombstone and other disturbing images," Davidson said in a statement.

Mohr had also posted on the social network site that he admired two shooters responsible for the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado.

I wonder if his parents didn't know or just didn't care.

Authorities said that the trio were trying to obtain guns but had not yet succeeded.

They've been charged with with conspiracy to commit murder which is a felony.

Of course Mohr claims to have been teased and picked on. So for having his feelings hurt he thought mass murder would be a good idea.

Just another selfish emotionally stunted marshmallow who thinks the unioverse revolves around them.