School Bomb Plotter Guilty

(Florence, South Carolina) In April 2009, Chesterfield High School senior Ryan Schallenberger was arrested for allegedly plotting to blow up his school.

Earlier today, 19-year-old Schallenberger pleaded guilty to federal charges in accordance with a plea agreement which sends him to 10 years of mental health treatment at a federal facility.

U.S. District Court Judge Bryan Harwell accepted Schallenberger plea, but will not impose a sentence until after a pre-sentencing report has been completed.

Schallenberger was arrested April 19, 2008, after his parents intercepted a package addressed to him containing 20 pounds of ammonium nitrate shipped to him from a gun enthusiast in Kentucky.

Schallenberger kept a journal which outlined his plot to blow up the school.

Investigators who confiscated the journal also found drawings of Chesterfield High School and an audio tape clearly meant to be found after the boy’s death, [Assistant U.S. Attorney] Parham said.

Schallenberger referred to his plot as “Columbine 2” and had a multi-step plan that included chaining the doors of the high school to keep students from escaping while he took a firearm and began “killing with purpose all I chose,” according to the journal.

Six months before his arrest, Schallenberger expressed how anxious he was to kill in his journal.

“If I could, I would kill nearly all of mankind, executing anyone I deem unfit,” he said.

Here's hoping that we don't hear this guy's name in the news anytime in the future.