Police were in front of the Bridgewater-Raritan High School in Bridgewater today where a student was charged with making a "Columbine" like threat.
Police were in front of the Bridgewater-Raritan High School in Bridgewater Saturday where a student was charged with making a "Columbine" like threat.
Police are on hand as students return to a New Jersey high school that prosecutors say was the target of a "Columbine-like" plot, which was uncovered when authorities found a cache of weapons in one teen's home.
Officials say the police presence is to reassure students and parents that Bridgewater-Raritan High School is safe.
Principal James Riccobono will offer words of encouragement during an address to all 2,900 students before classes begin Monday.
Counselors also are on hand.
Authorities say a 16-year-old junior was arrested Thursday after a police resource officer at the school was told the teen was planning an attack.
Authorities say they found shotgun shells, bullets, black powder and explosive devices in the teen's home.
Officials also arrested a 17-year-old Immaculata High School senior, who is a competitive target shooter.
The investigation continues into an alleged plan by two high school students to launch a "Columbine-style" attack at Bridgewater-Raritan High School, but no further arrests had been made as of Sunday afternoon, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest said Sunday.
Two students are already facing charges related to alleged plans for an attack, including a junior at Bridgewater-Raritan who was arrested Thursday night, and the second a senior at Immaculata High School in Somerville arrested following a search of his home on Friday, authorities said. Both students live in the township, Forrest said.
Meanwhile, the high school principal, James Riccobono, was due to address students the first thing on Monday morning, School Superintendent Michael Schilder said in news release posted on the district Web site, www.brrsd.k12.nj.us. Guidance counselors and child study team members would be ready to handle any emotional issues experienced by students, Schilder said in an announcement posted on Sunday.
The high school had been closed last Friday after the school administration reportedly received a tip-off from another student on Thursday afternoon about a threat of violence, according to the school district Web site. A student suspect was taken into custody, but a search of that student's locker revealed nothing, the Web site said.
Later that night, however, a search of the 16-year-old student's home allegedly turned up various shotgun shells, bullets, black powder and explosive devices, materials that could act as explosive device components and illustrations on assembling explosive devices and other materials and tools, according to a press release from the prosecutor's office.
On Friday night, township police searched the home of the suspect's friend, a 17-year-old township resident, and allegedly found rifles, shotguns and shotgun shells matching shotgun shells that reportedly had been seized from the 16-year-old juvenile's home, according to a press release from the prosecutor. The release added that the 17-year-old is a competitive rifle shooter, and the firearms reportedly located in his home were registered to his father.
Board member Evan Lerner said on Sunday that other residents had told him they were relieved by the way the incident was handled.
School administrators were to meet with the faculty at the end of the day on Monday to debrief the staff, according to Schilder's Web posting.
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