TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Category: Crime

  • MontCo mutant’s MySpace and maternal misadventures

    Online musings bent toward guns, violence:

    It seems that our homeschooled mutant from yesterday had a MySpace and loved to flaunt his mutantcy.

    His username, in part, was “the killer.”

    His motto: “Mess with the best, Die like the rest.”

    His interests: “Shooting . . . war, the North Hollywood shoot-out, bank robbers, the Columbine massacre.”

    The North Hollywood Shootout? That’s a new one. For those of you who don’t know, The North Hollywood Shootout took place 10 years ago between armored bank robbers and the LAPD in which the LAPD were massively outgunned by the bank robbers. There’s a very famous video of one of the gunman just firing repeatedly into a police car. I tried to find it on YouTube but it was just filled with mutant-like tributes to the gunmen. But I digress…

    The ramblings, riddled with grammar and spelling errors, profanity and teen bravado, suggest the teen is deeply disturbed and fantasizes about hurting people. The Daily News is withholding his name because he is a juvenile.

    Nothing new there.

    “I love to blow s— up, and I’m a bit of a merc,” he wrote in the “About Me” section of his page.

    Yeah, because the world is just filled with 14-year-old mercenaries.

    In his latest blog entry, posted in March, the boy wrote: “I am pretymuch the posterboy for the person that rests upon the line between Geineus and Madman/Pycopath, (23 ppl just left the page . . . ) feel free to messege me, and dont tell me how carzy I am, belive me I know, I have to live with myself 24 f—— 7. welcome to hell!!!! O and as 4 my personal saying . . . if at first you dont sucseed, use the armor piercing rounds.”

    In precious few postings, he seems like a typical teenager. He admits he adores the singer Avril Lavigne and the movie “Star Wars.” He also inflated his age to 17.

    But in other posts he lists his heroes as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the Colorado teens who gunned down 37 people, 13 fatally, in their high school in 1999.

    And, as other heroes, two bank robbers who got into a 1997 shootout with Los Angeles police, and two World War II snipers.

    He also posted videos – one with a song apparently titled “Stray Bullet” – showing fictionalized school shootings. One video shows a scowling young gunman hunting down victims, shooting some at point-blank range, in a school library, a cafeteria, a hallway and classrooms.

    Also posted is a link to a Web site memorializing Harris and Klebold.

    Of course, he did. All the mutants do.

    He describes himself as a soldier, writing: “Im a soldier, my favorit rifle is the AK-47, my fav handguns are the M-92-F Beretta, and the Colt.45-m-1911-A-1.”

    He also claimed to be leader of the I.C.A. Military Group, which he explains only as the “Imperial Cobra Army.”

    So now he thinks he’s Cobra Commander?

    We always ask where are the parents when something like this goes down. Well, in this case, the parents were almost accomplices.

    In December 2005, the boy’s father wanted to get his son a gun for his birthday. He went to Dick’s Sporting Goods on Chemical Road in Plymouth Township. He filled out an application for a .22-caliber rifle and lied about his criminal record, saying he had never been convicted of a felony.

    In fact, the dad pleaded guilty in 1981 to first-degree manslaughter for driving while drunk and killing someone in a collision in Oklahoma City. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and released in 1987. Ironically, according to court documents, the father was also a deserter from the Marine Corps.

    It seems the mutant doesn’t slink too far from the sewer.

    His father’s name is Frank E. Cossey. His Mom, Michele Cossey is also being charged.

    Michele Cossey bought her home-schooled son a .22-caliber handgun, a .22-caliber rifle and a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle, authorities said.

    That’s some mighty fine parenting right there. Like I said before, it’s obvious that the kid’s homeschooling was suspect since these homeschoolers don’t have the best judgment in the world.

  • Plymouth Whitemarsh plotter ID’d

    Mother of teen allegedly planning attack on school is charged:

    I don’t know how but the suspect in the plot to attack Plymouth Whitemarsh High School has had his name released. His parents were previously identified as Michele and Frank Cossey. His name is Dillon Cossey. I don’t know why the media is releasing his name all of a sudden but there it is.

    TOF to DebG.

  • Home schooled kid planned school shooting

    Teen is accused of amassing weapons for possible attack:

    So let me get this straight. A homeschooled kid from the Philly suburbs felt bullied? From who? Anyway, because of this alleged bullying, the 14-year-old planned to attack Plymouth Whitemarsh High School. According to this article, police were tipped off when the suspect tried recruiting another teen.

    Police found a 9 mm assault rifle, air guns, hand grenades, a bomb-making book, videos of the 1999 Columbine attack in Colorado and violence-filled notebooks, prosecutors said. However, they found no ammunition for the most dangerous weapon, the assault rifle.

    What do you know? I think this is the first instance of a home-schooled mutant.

    The best part? It’s believed that his mom bought him the gun. Good job mom.

    Since all this was going on under the homeschooler’s nose I don’t think he was being schooled all that well.

  • Ignorance isn’t always bliss

    Ohio school shooter gave many warnings:

    When someone says I have a gun and I’m going to shoot up the school why in the blue hell do people continue to ignore it?

    “When he got suspended he said, ‘I got something for y’all,’ ” she said. “I thought he was just playing, because he, like, said that all the time. But I see that he was for real.”

    YA THINK?

    And it wasn’t just students the faculty of SuccessTech ignored it too.

    On CBS’ “Early Show” Thursday morning, student Rasheem Smith said the school’s principal, Johneita Durant, had not found time to discuss students’ concerns about Coon, The Associated Press reported.

    “I told my friends in the class that he had a gun and stuff,” Smith said. “He was talking about doing it last week. I don’t know why they didn’t say nothing.

    “We talked to the principal. She would try to get us all in the office, but it would always be too busy for it to happen.”

    A message left at Durant’s office was not immediately returned, the AP reported, and a phone call to her home was not answered.

    SuccessTech doesn’t sound very successful now, does it?

    Let’s cue up the apologists while we’re at it.

    “You get pushed and pushed and pushed, and sometimes you go over the edge,” a neighbor told CNN affiliate WOIO.

    “I ain’t justifying nothing,” said another neighbor. “I ain’t saying he did the right thing, but I am saying he got pushed for a long time and asked them people to help, help, help, help, but nobody helped.”

    Now, who exactly did Asa Coon ask for help? Was it the mother he slapped around or the judge whose courtroom he stormed out of? And who exactly pushed him? To do what exactly?

    Just another example of everyone trying to place the blame everywhere except where it should be. On Asa Coon.

  • Witness saw Coon load gun

    Witness saw school shooter loading gun in bathroom:

    In a stroke of pure idiocy, a witness at SuccessTech watched Asa Coon load one of his guns BUT DIDN’T TELL ANYONE. I’ve omitted the witness’ name.

    When the witness saw Coon load a gun, he left but didn’t tell a teacher.

    “I don’t know what I was thinking, he said. “I didn’t want him to shoot me.”

    Fifteen minutes later, the witness was eating lunch in the cafeteria, also on the fourth floor, he heard a loud sound. Yet, the witness, believing it was nothing more than a book slamming on a desk, didn’t react.

    Then the witness heard someone shout that a student had a gun. Just then the witness saw Asa shoot a teacher.

    I think Belch is right that SuccessTech isn’t the Utopian school they make it out to be because obviously, this kid wasn’t very bright. How do you not report someone with a gun? The witness should get on his knees and thank God that no one was killed.

  • More on Asa Coon

    Who was Asa Coon?:

    We’re so close to bestowing the M-title on SuccessTech gunman Asa Coon but we’re not there yet. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has some more info on him and in the process, they try to get you to be sympathetic about him. We all know where you can find sympathy too. However, I have no sympathy for a kid who slapped around his own mother and talked about suicide.

    What started the whole mess is that Coon got into an argument with another kid about the existence of God. Coon said he didn’t believe in or respect God and that he worshiped Marilyn Manson and flipped off the other kid. A fight ensued after school and Coon got his ass beat. Both kids were suspended but Coon couldn’t let it go…

    “I’m going to get you,” he warned his tormentor. “I will get you.”

    Of course, some kids are saying that Coon was “picked on”. Those two words will be used by the criminal apologists of the world to try to excuse the shooting of four people.

    Not surprisingly Coon also told other kids that he planned to shoot up the school but as usual, no one took him seriously. Here’s another repetitive lesson from Uncle Trench kids. If someone is talking about shooting up the school don’t take the chance they’re “just joking”. Tell someone.

    Coon has a history of violence and mental issues.

    When he was 12, Asa was charged in Juvenile Court with domestic violence. His mother, Lori, had called the police and told them that Asa slapped her and called her a vulgar name. She had been trying to intervene in a fight between Asa and his twin sister Nicole.

    Once in court, a magistrate ordered Asa to undergo psychological testing and follow the orders of doctors. The magistrate also ordered the family to undergo therapy together.

    Asa immediately refused to obey probation rules. He threw the paperwork on the floor and charged out of the office, nearly knocking his mother to the ground.

    During one of his stays in a government facility, he was prescribed Trazodone and Clonodine so we should be hearing from the anti-psychiatry Luddites who think these medications must have caused the shooting.

    In 7th grade, he was suspended for trying to hurt another student.

    He fooled a home detention officer into thinking he was getting better.

    Last November, Asa had completed his counseling, anger management classes and community service. After five months without incident, he was released from probation.

    Sounds like he was just biding his time.

    Then the article goes on to detail how smart he was, and how special he was, and how he grew up in a rough neighborhood and a broken home. I’ve got three words for that. I DON’T CARE. None of that matters. The only thing that matters is that he shot four people because he was a selfish egotistical little twit.

    The most messed up part is that he killed himself before being apprehended. If he would have been caught he probably would have gotten a slap on the wrist since he was a juvenile and nobody died.

    But the question is going to come as it always does about how this could have been prevented. It’s simple really. Be better parents to your kids and take these kinds of threats seriously. That’s all there really is to it.

  • More on SuccessTech

    Police Chief: Teen shoots four; kills self at Cleveland high school:

    The gunman has been identified as 14-year-old Asa Coon. He was armed with two revolvers, a .22 and a .38. No word yet on where he obtained the guns. He was also carrying a box of ammo and several knives.

    Coon had a record too…

    Coon had a previous arrest last year for a domestic violence incident and police had been to his home before for incidents that involved weapons, according to McGrath.

    That would be my leading guess as to where he got the weapons.

  • More on the SuccessTech shooter

    Teenage gunman wounds four in Ohio high school:

    I’m not quite ready to bestow the M-title on him just yet but it’s coming awfully damn close…

    Local media reported the student, who was described as a loner, was frustrated after being suspended from school for getting into a fight on Tuesday.

    “I know that dude was crazy. We just knew it. You know when people are crazy, come on, man,” one student who fled at the sound of gunshots told CNN.

    “He was in my class … He always wore a trench coat.”

    The boy was described by other students as a loner and devil worshipper who had made jokes about shooting other students in front of teachers.

    “I didn’t think he meant it,” another unidentified student told news station WKYC. “I thought he just said it because he wanted to be popular.”

    This punk was a walking stereotype. There’s only one element missing from the M-equation and I’m sure we’ll hear it any day.

  • SuccessTech shooting in Cleveland

    Cleveland: Classes Cancelled after Violent School Shooting:

    By now I’m sure you’ve heard about the shooting at SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland, Ohio. What is known so far is that a 14-year-old gunman armed with two handguns shot 5 people at the school. Two were faculty and three were students.

    According to Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson the victims are as follows:

    1. A 14-year-old female sustained an injury to the knee.

    2. A 14-year-old male sustained a gun shot wound to the side and was transported to Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital

    3. A 17-year-old male sustained a gun shot wound to the elbow and was transported to Metro Health Hospital.

    4. A 42-year-old male sustained a gun shot wound to the chest and was transported to Metro Health Hospital.

    5. A 57-year-old male sustained a gun shot wound to the back and was also transported to Metro Health Hospital.

    Luckily all the victims are expected to recover. The gunman, not so much. Multiple news outlets are reporting that the gunman took the cowards way out by taking his own life. I’ve seen reports that the gunman was suspended earlier in the week for fighting.

    The description of the shooter is taken right out of the school shooters handbook…

    We are also getting new information on the shooter – he is a white male described as goth and was wearing a Marilyn Manson t-shirt with black fingernails.

    The school itself is described as a non-traditional school with a very stringent admissions process.

    Even though it’s been a few hours since the shooting any of this information may change as more details become available.

    Thanks to Jim, Jade, Soobs, and Bonnie’s Blog of Crime.

  • SJU Gunman unfit for trial

    ST. JOHN’S RIFLEMAN UNFIT FOR TRIAL: SHRINK:

    A court-ordered psychiatric report is stating that Omesh Hiraman is not mentally competent to stand trial. The report was made by a psychiatrist from Kings County Hospital in New York and he had this to say…

    “He hears voices, and he was responding to those voices. He’s suicidal and cannot assist in his own defense,” the source quoted the report as saying.

    For once I don’t think this is a BS defense. If the court agrees with the report Hiraman could spend the rest of his life in a mental institution which at this point would probably be the best thing for him.