Maine teen allegedly wanted to be 'the most notorious school shooter in American history'

[TexasTowelie]

A high school student in Maine accused of threatening a school shooting in posts on an online gaming site has been arrested.

Ellsworth schools Superintendent Daniel Higgins says the threat did not reference a specific school, but the website’s host provided the FBI with an IP address that led to an Ellsworth High School student.

Nineteen-year-old Michael Allen was arrested and charged with terrorizing.

Police Chief Glenn Moshier tells WCSH-TV the threat did not mention any specific time or date but was determined to be credible. He says the author of the messages estimated he could kill as many as 30 people.

“It was Mr. Allen’s express intention to become the most notorious school shooter in American history by exceeding the number of people killed recently in Florida,” Hancock County Deputy District Attorney Toff Toffolon said during a Friday court hearing on the matter, according to WABI television. “He told the police, ‘I didn’t expect you to catch on to this so fast, I’m surprised you know about this already, I thought I had more time.’”

Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2018/02/24/news/hancock/maine-teen-allegedly-wanted-to-be-the-most-notorious-school-shooter-in-american-history/

I didn't realize that school shootings had become a competitive sport.

[Yonnie3]

1. Michael Allen - Sounds like a name of a chain immigrant!

or maybe one of those DACA criminals.

[PoliticAverse]

2. This is why when you make these people famous you encourage more people that want to be famous

to do similar things.

[Squinch]

3. Wonder how long they can hold him on "terrorizing."

[Yonnie3]

5. I think a couple of things will happen to keep him off the street

It's likely he will have a mental evaluation and it's actually possible that that will result in him being off the street an indefinite period.

Terrorizing is a specific crime in Maine. I thought at first it was a simplification. I did some searching and reading about this

Apparently there are two classes of this crime. Class C: threat causes evacuation, etc. Class D: threat only.

Class D: Crimes punishable by up to 364 days incarceration and a $2,000 fine

Maine does not use felonies and misdemeanors in crime classification, but classes crimes from A through E with A being the most heinous.

[Squinch]

6. Thank you for the information! I hope you are right that they can hold him a while. 364 days

doesn't fill me with ease.

[Yonnie3]

8. If he had weapons ...

They didn't say if he had access to weapons. I don't know if other charges would happen then.

This seems to be attention seeking behavior at any level you look at it. He will receive lots of attention from lawyers, judges, psychiatrists, jailers, etc.

He is being held without bail according to this story.

http://www.wabi.tv/content/news/19-Year-Old-Makes-Court-Appearance-for-Threatening-Ellsworth-High-School-474996463.html

A apparently he has a history.

On top of the terrorizing charge, Allen also faces a charge of violating conditions of release. The Hancock County District Attorney’s Office says they believe Allen had serious intentions to cause harm to people at Ellsworth High School.

[3Hotdogs]

10. Since he is held w/o bail, how could he violate conditions of release?

[Yonnie3]

12. He was released in regards to a prior crime, that's how.

It looks like he got in trouble in the past and was released under conditions.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. That school is 40 minutes from me. I've had students go there.

*feeling sick*

[samnsara]

7. someone wake me when a school shooter is female

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. +1.

[masmdu]

14. Wake up...One of the first school shooters was female

https://timeline.com/amp/p/bf98e8bf106

[packman]

15. Thanks for the post - Never heard about that

[watoos]

9. What to do, what to do,

first off banning him from having access to guns is out of the question, you know, Constitution and all.

So what's next?

[3Hotdogs]

11. Sooner or later, the ones convicted of threat are getting out.

What happens then? That's why we need to get rid of the guns.

[bettyellen]

16. And Id heard New England guns were different than Chicago guns *headslap*!!