Penn High plotter pleads guilty

Teen accused in Columbine-style plot pleads guilty:

Russell James Frantom has pleaded guilty to a juvenile count of conspiracy to commit murder. As you may know Frantom was arrested for plotting an attack against Penn High School in Indiana. Frantom could be held until his 21st birthday.

Frantom’s mom tried to get him released into her custody but the judge was having none of that.

She told Brueseke the teen had moved out of her house after an argument and first moved in with her father, then stayed with his uncle after her father died.

She said she was unaware he had illegal snakes or had been spending so much time on the computer.

“A lot of things were going on I didn’t know about,” she said.

“So a little too much freedom and lack of supervision,” Brueseke asked.

“Way too much,” the mother replied.

When did parents give up control?

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    Nikki

    I go to the school this happened at. I knew Russell, I went to elementary school with him. He wasn’t how the news made him out to be… Everyone in the country assumes he was a total psycho outcast (i.e. VT Shooter) but he was normal and I guess that’s what shocked us all. People liked him and he had friends.

    I’m not saying what he did was not wrong, of course it was wrong. I just want to put it out there that not everyone who wants to do these things is a social outcast.

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