TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Tag: school shooting plot

  • Reasonable Doubt

    Reasonable Doubt

    Toby Kerns: Friends paint different picture of troubled teen:

    Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m man enough to admit when I may have been wrong. I may have jumped the gun a little bit in the case of Toby Kerns. I can see why I did, though.

    In most of the school shooting plots that have been thwarted, like Andrew Osantowski and Matthew Lovett, there’s been little doubt once the suspect has been apprehended. Not so in the Toby Kerns case.

    There seems to be enough speculation in the fact that a friend of Toby Kerns’ was living with the Kernses at the time. A lot of people are saying that this friend is the one actually behind the alleged plot. To me, that is enough doubt to rethink my position on Toby Kerns. And not just because of what the article said, but because there are other articles that have said the exact opposite of what was in this article.

    I also received an e-mail from someone claiming to be close to the Kernses that threw suspicion on this other kid. If the friend was, in fact, behind this, my question would then be, was he actually planning on shooting up the school or was he really trying to frame Toby Kerns?

    Do I think Toby Kerns is completely innocent? Too soon to tell at this point. But I think that there is enough speculation for police to investigate this “friend”. We shall see what develops.

  • More from Marshfield

    More from Marshfield

    We have much more news from Marshfield. The high school where Toby Kerns had planned on going on a killing spree…

    Toby’s dad, Ben Kerns, is claiming that another student is also involved. I also received a comment from someone who claims to go to Marshfield high who said there are four others possibly having charges against them.

    The article also states that Kerns had planned his spree to mark the 5th anniversary of Columbine. As we all know, that would have been this past April. I believe they mean the 6th anniversary. The article also states that many Marshfield students don’t believe Kerns was the only suspect.

    The Boston Herald conflicts itself. In one article, they say that students support Kerns. In the other students who were targeted by Kerns are not surprised…

    “He gives off this really creepy vibe,” said David McGrath, a former student who was allegedly targeted by Kerns. “He stared at me in the halls and gave me weird looks. He’s almost the stereotype of someone who would do this.”

    Another tidbit from the same article…

    Kerns, described as a goth who was hospitalized last summer after he threatened to commit suicide, was hanging around with swastika-toting teens who called themselves the “Natural Born Killers.”

    Sounds like he was part of a group of Harris and Klebold worshiping mutants.

    Ben Kerns is also putting the blame on the abuse Toby suffered at the hands of his mother as the outlying cause of his behavior. I sympathize for Toby for any abuse he may have suffered, but the bottom line is there is no excuse for plotting to kill people. Listen to your Uncle Trench kids. It’s just high school. In 4 years, it’s over. Living well really is the best revenge.

    If you kill someone or kill yourself, then you’ve let them win. Be bigger than they are. Then after high school, you can look back at what pricks they were that probably still have a high school mentality or forget about it completely.

    Wouldn’t you rather have that than being dead or in prison? It’s not worth it. And parents, keep an eye on your kids. Put a stop to it before the police come bashing down your door. Sometimes you have to be the bad guy. If more parents disciplined their kids more, we wouldn’t have these problems.

  • Grand Theft Assclown III

    Grand Theft Assclown III

    US lawyer links video game to murder plot:

    I’ve been telling you lately about the school attack plot that was uncovered in Massachusetts. Well, from out of left field comes Miami ambulance chaser, Jack Thompson. He believes that the video game Grand Theft Auto influenced Tobin Kerns into wanting to shoot up his school.

    This isn’t the first time that Jack Thompson has said this. Last year he sued the makers of GTA because of two idiot teenagers that shot at some cars on a Tennessee highway. Never mind that the parents of all kids involved let them play a game that is obviously meant for more mature audiences. That “M” on the box actually means something.

    Anyway, this is a ludicrous statement at best. In Tennessee, the parents left their guns unlocked. In Mass. the parents didn’t keep a close enough eye on their kid. A video game is not to blame. Personally, it sounds like to me that Jack Thompson either A. can’t beat the game so he’s decided to sue, or B. much like in real life, he can’t figure out how to get the hookers to get into his car with him.

    If any lawsuit against Rockstar Games is ever successful, it’s another deathblow to personal responsibility. And I don’t think it could take anymore.

  • Mass. Plot Thwarted

    Mass. Plot Thwarted

    Columbine-Style Murder Plot Foiled On South Shore:

    We have another plot that was thwarted today. This time in Massachusetts. A 16-year-old boy from Marshfield High School was planning a Columbine-style attack on his school in April 2005. I wonder which specific date he had set. Any guesses?

    He had plans of the school, including which doors were padlocked and the locations of the gas lines. The kid also manufactured and tested homemade bombs. A “shopping list” of guns, ammunition and bomb-making materials were also found at the boy’s home. Police also found the always required “hit list”. No motive has been given yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was a mutant worshiper.

    So, are we ready for the question that begs to be asked every time something like this happens? C’mon kids. Say it with Uncle Trench. Where the hell were the parents? Someone give me an answer, please. I’d really like to know. And of course, we have to repeat the new mantra here at The Trench Reynolds Report, If you think that this could never happen with your kid, think again.

  • 79 years and 9 1/2 months short

    79 years and 9 1/2 months short

    Man who planned massacre at De Anza College commits suicide:

    I originally told you about Al DeGuzman here. He was the Klebold and Harris worshiping mutant that was sentenced to 80 years for planning to blow up his community college. Turns out he really was a coward like his heroes. He hung himself in his jail cell. I guess 80 years is really only 2 1/2 months. There’s an old saying that says don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. By the way, thanks for saving the taxpayers some money.

  • 80 Years

    80 Years

    Man Who Planned ‘Columbine’ Type Attack Gets 80 Years:

    For once, California does something right. After sentencing a man who planned a 2001 attack on his community college to seven years in prison, he was re-sentenced today after appeals to 80 years in prison. This is what you get for being a mutant…

    Farris said police searching DeGuzman’s home found massive amounts of writings and a 19-minute audiotape detailing his plot to kill as many people as possible at the college in emulation of his heroes, Columbine High School shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.

    Apparently, he was another coward, just like his “heroes”.

    This is actually the first time I’ve heard of this, but I found this article with some interesting quotes.

    They found DeGuzman’s bed room stacked from top to bottom with sophisticated handmade bombs, some of which were booby-trapped with detonators that would go off if someone handled them, Miceli said.

    Police also found a map of De Anza College, marked with locations where bombs would be placed, and a tape recording that investigators believe DeGuzman made Monday outlining his plot, Miceli said.

    DeGuzman’s voice is heard on the tape apologizing to the press, his family and friends for what he was about to do, Miceli said.

    Miceli said DeGuzman had specific targets in mind, but he declined to elaborate on the intended victims. And although there was no suicide note, detectives said they believed DeGuzman had planned to die during the bloody attack.

    Investigators seized two rifles, a sawed-off rifle and a sawed-off shotgun from the house.

    Again, this was while he was living at his parents’ house. Granted, he was 19 at the time of his arrest, but once again, if the parents just did some checking their son may not be spending the rest of his life in jail. Whatever happened to “you live under my roof, you live under my rules”? Makes you wonder what the parents were busy doing.

    Ultimately, though, it is Al DeGuzman’s responsibility. Unlike his “heroes”, he didn’t escape justice and now has the next 80 years to think about it. Too harsh of a sentence, you say? I say it’s perfect. Let it be a warning to all other would-be Harris and Klebolds out there. This is what you really have to look forward to.

  • Neb. School Shooting Averted

    Neb. School Shooting Averted

    Teen Charged in School Murder Plot:

    Malcolm High School student Josh Magee was arrested with 20 homemade bombs and a bolt-action rifle in his school parking lot. He was spotted in the parking lot drinking liquor from a flask and putting on a black overcoat. He intended to kill everyone in the school except for three friends. He wasn’t picked on. He was even on the cross-country team and a musician. So why did he do it? I think this quote explains it…

    Parents and school officials in this tiny town north of Lincoln said Magee often spoke about the 1999 Columbine shootings, in which 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.’”

    Pure and simple, he’s a Harris and Klebold worshiping mutant. In my opinion, the only reason he wanted to kill people was for the sake of killing people.

    Thanks to the media, those two little fucknuts burning in hell have been made posthumous celebrities. The only thing that was missing was a little butt-licking lackey. Klebold to his Harris, if you will.

    Luckily, the school administration was on the ball this time and averted what could have been a slaughter that would have been more disastrous than Columbine.

    The kid is only 17 which means more than likely he would have graduated either this year or next. I hope it was worth the next 20 years of his life not being able to stick it out until graduation.

    Again, it has to be asked though why his parents didn’t intervene before this happened? I realize his dad is in Afghanistan on military duty, but if the whole town knew that his obsession was Harris and Klebold, why didn’t his mother?

    Word of advice to parents, if you hear your kids saying the words Harris and Klebold in a positive way, it’s time to step in and put a stop to it.

    And kids, it’s just high school, it will be over. It’s not worth killing over.