TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Category: School Violence

  • Nee sentenced to 9 months

    Nee sentenced to 9 months

    Man Gets 9 Months in Mass. School Plot:

    That’s 9 months with three months served.

    I’m surprised, but I’m not. I’m surprised that the judge actually sentenced Joe Nee to jail time, but I’m not surprised that he got less than Tobin Kerns.

    Let’s get some reactions…

    “Obviously, being his parents, we’re heartbroken,” father Thomas Nee said after the sentencing.

    Heartbroken that his position as head of the Boston police union didn’t carry enough clout, maybe. If he was such a caring father, maybe he wouldn’t have thrown his son out of the house when Nee went to live with the Kerns family. Or maybe he wouldn’t let his son wear a t-shirt to the school of the Columbine killers that said ‘Remember the Heroes’.

    Next, we’ll hear from Joe Nee’s attorney, the always humorous Thomas Dreschler…

    Nee’s attorney, Thomas Drechsler, asked Judge Charles Grabau to spare Nee any additional jail time.

    “My client did go to police, and Kerns didn’t. I felt that he should have gotten a more lenient sentence,” Drechsler said. He said he plans to appeal the conviction.

    The only reason Nee went to police was that he was in fear of Tobin Kerns going to the police first. He should have gotten a lot more time than Tobin Kerns. By most accounts, Nee was the ring leader.

    Now let’s hear from Nee’s sister…

    Nee’s family was in tears, hugging outside the courtroom. His sister, Katherine Nee, said the ruling sends a message that people should not go to the police.

    You mean, how like a lot of the kids in Marshfield were afraid to go to the police about a policeman’s son?

    I expect a few things to happen. I expect the sentence to be reduced on appeal. I expect Nee to get special treatment while in jail. I also expect that this won’t be the last time we hear about Joe Nee’s criminal activities. Either that or he’ll become a Boston cop.

  • The One Who Shall Not Be Named sues for NIU shooter’s game history

    The One Who Shall Not Be Named sues for NIU shooter’s game history

    GamePolitics.com » Blog Archive » Jack Thompson, Seeking Killer’s Video Game History, Threatens NIU with Lawsuit:

    Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request production of copies of all documents that reveal Steven Kazmierczak’s play of violent video games, including but not limited to the use of his computer to play Counter-Strike, which he apparently, according to the New York Post, used to rehearse for his Valentine’s Day Massacre at NIU.

    Does it ever stop with him?

  • Kazmierczak’s girlfriend speaks out

    Kazmierczak’s girlfriend speaks out

    NIU shooter’s girlfriend: No sign he was ‘planning something’:

    Jessica Baty was the on again/off again girlfriend of NIU gunman Stephen Kazmierczak. In an interview with CNN, Baty said that Kazmierczak went off his antidepressants because it made him feel like a zombie, but that he wasn’t acting erratically in the weeks leading up to the shooting. If you ask me, feeling like a zombie is preferential to being a dead mass murderer, but I digress.

    Baty also received two packages from Kazmierczak. One had two textbooks, a goodbye note, and a cell phone. The second contained a holster and ammunition.

    If your meds make you feel like a zombie, just don’t go off them. Contact your doctor and tell him/her your concerns about your meds. Sometimes it takes a couple of tries to get the right dosage of the right medication. Trust me, I’ve been there. Once they find the right medication and dosage, it will make your life a whole lot better.

  • NIU gunman had massive ‘Saw’ tattoo

    NIU gunman had massive ‘Saw’ tattoo

    Tattoo artist tells of working with NIU gunman:

    NIU gunman Stephen Kazmierczak had a rather large tattoo on his back in tribute to the horror movie Saw.

    Jason Dunavan says his work included an image of the macabre doll from the horror movie “Saw” riding a tricycle through a pool of blood. There were images of several bleeding cuts in the background of the tattoo.

    This revelation will cause two things to happen. The first is that I’m sure some reactionary group will blame the movie for the tragedy at NIU. I find that laughable, of course, considering many people are huge fans of the Saw series and I would say 99.9% are not criminals.

    However, I think that will begin to change as mutants usually pick up the habits of past school shooters and will begin to adopt this as required movie watching for the mutant set as Natural Born Killers became in the past.

  • Nee’s sentence debated online

    Nee’s sentence debated online

    Nee’s expected sentence debated:

    This is an article from the Patriot-Ledger newspaper in Quincy, Mass. which shows that the expected sentence of Joe Nee is being predicted online. It seems that I’m not the only one that thinks Nee will get a slap on the wrist.

    “Nobody ever gets the max when they are that young,” said one comment posted by someone using the screen name Lost Cause. “At the most he will get approximately 2 years, and after good behavior and any time served, he will not spend much time at all in the land of forced love.”

    Speaking of me, I was quoted in the article as well…

    TheTrenchcoat Chronicles is a Web site that says it specializes in following school shootings.

    A poster there, using the screen name Trench Reynolds, said people seeking “true justice” should not celebrate just yet.

    “If this is the only charge that Nee is convicted of he probably won’t see that much time,” the poster said. “Personally I’ll be surprised if he even sees the inside of a jail because of his connections.”

    And I still stand behind that.

    I wonder if the Patriot-Ledger used my quote because I was saying what they wanted to.

  • Bond reduction denied for Thomas White

    Bond reduction denied for Thomas White

    Judge denies defense motion to release Thomas White on house arrest or reduced bond:

    We already knew that Thomas White’s request for house arrest had been denied. Now his request for a reduction in his $250K bond has also been denied.

    Judge David Mouton said that due to the seriousness of the crimes in this case, he was overruling the defense requests.

    In October 2006, White brought a MAC-90 to school, fired a round into the ceiling and police say he tried pulling the trigger while the gun was pointed at Memorial Middle School’s principal, but the gun jammed.

    Judge Moulton said he won’t rule on a request to have White tutored while in jail until the State Supreme Court rules on it.

    White’s mom seems to blame the court rather than her son for his predicament.

    Norma White said she was “hoping” but not “expecting” a favorable ruling for her son but added afterward: “It is par for the course for everything he has ruled on before.”

    That’s what usually happens when you allow your son to take an illegally owned firearm to school.

  • E.O. Green Junior High shooter has hate crime tacked on to murder charge

    E.O. Green Junior High shooter has hate crime tacked on to murder charge

    Boy, 14, charged with murder, hate crime:

    The gunman in the E.O. Green Junior High School shooting has been identified as 14-year-old Brandon David McInerney. Since his victim, 15-year-old Lawrence King, has been declared brain-dead and will not survive, McInerney is being charged with murder with what the article calls a hate crime enhancement.

    Prosecutors are saying that they do intend to try McInerney as an adult. With the murder charge, he’s looking at 25 to life. The hate crime enhancement would tack on another three years.

    Prosecutors are not saying why the hate crime charges were filed, but classmates of King say that he was either gay or a crossdresser.

    Several classmates have said King would wear feminine attire, making him an unpopular figure with other boys at his campus.

    King sometimes came to school wearing makeup and high heels, said eighth-grader Nicholas Cortez, 14.

    Another eighth-grader, Michael Sweeney, said King’s appearance was “freaking the guys out,” the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

    “He would come to school in high-heeled boots, makeup, jewelry and painted nails – the whole thing,” Sweeney told the Times.

    Personally, I think all crimes are hate crimes, but anything that will keep this little ball of hate behind bars longer is ok with me.

    Now, I’m not trying to cast aspersions on the victim or his family. I have nothing against gay people or crossdressers, but at 15 and in a public school, you would think his parents would have stepped in and stopped him from dressing like that at school. One would have to know that dressing like that would only invite trouble.

  • NIU gunman was off his meds

    NIU gunman was off his meds

    NIU gunman stopped taking medication:

    According to this article, some corrections to be made. The NIU gunman’s correct name is Stephen Kazmierczak. Not Steven as previously reported. That and five victims of his were killed, not six. But onto the main topic of the article.

    It seems that Kazmierczak was off his meds. The article doesn’t state what meds he was on or why he was on them.

    The article also states that he carried the shotgun he used in a guitar case. I guess this delusional assclown thought he was El Mariachi.

    But I’m sure we’ll hear from the anti-medication Luddites.

  • Courtroom skulduggery in Marshfield

    Courtroom skulduggery in Marshfield

    MARSHFIELD STUDENT GUILTY ON ONE CHARGE IN SCHOOL MURDER PLOT:

    Things are rotten in the state of Massachusetts.

    There were some courtroom shenanigans in the conviction of Joe Nee. Originally, the judge wanted to convict Nee on all three charges, then things got weird…

    Hours earlier, Judge Charles Grabau said that the prosecution had proven its case on all three charges against Nee. But Grabau changed his mind after hearing closing arguments.

    After Grabau announced that he intended to find Nee guilty on all three charges, the 21-year-old’s family members began crying in the courtroom at Plymouth Superior Court. Nee hugged his mother to comfort her.

    But defense attorney Thomas Dreschler interrupted the scene, objecting that the judge had not heard closing arguments. Grabau said there had been a misunderstanding and that he would reconsider his verdict after hearing from both sides.

    Then Grabau only convicted Nee on one of the charges. I doubt Dreschler’s closing argument could have been that powerful to sway the judge into dropping two of the charges.

    In my opinion, everyone involved in handling this case, from the judge, to the prosecution, to the defense, and especially Nee’s father, the head of the Boston police union, should be investigated.

  • NIU gunman’s identity confirmed

    NIU gunman’s identity confirmed

    Elk Grove man identified as gunman in NIU killings:

    The identity of the NIU gunman has been confirmed that he was, in fact, Steven P. Kazmierczak.

    Some people are saying that it’s ironic that Kazmierczak would commit such a horrific travesty, considering he was active in the fields of criminal justice and sociology.

    He co-authored a published study on prison policy, entitled “Self-injury in Correctional Settings: ‘Pathology’ of Prisoners or of Prisons?”

    According to that paper, Kazmierczak had study interests in “corrections, political violence, and peace and social justice.” At the time he was also said to be writing a paper about the role of religion in the early formation of U.S. prisons.

    He also served as vice president of NIU’s Academic Criminal Justice Association and was on the board of a college chapter of the American Corrections Association, which studied jailing policy and the justice system, according to related Web sites.

    Personally, I don’t think it’s ironic at all. It sounds like he had a soft spot in his heart for criminals rather than victims. It’s obvious that he didn’t care about victims at all, since he made so many of his own.