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Connetquot High School, N.Y., Keeps Accused Plotter of School Shooting off School Property

Within two days of the student’s arrest, district attorneys received an order of protection keeping the student from returning to school for an “indefinite period.”
Aug. 2, 2007

The 15-year-old student who pleaded guilty to plotting to acquire weapons to kill other students at Connetquot High School, Bohemia, N.Y., will not return to school property, according to Superintendent Alan Groveman. The student’s picture was distributed to security personnel and administrators, who were instructed to call police if the student was seen near campus.

The 15-year-old and another teenager, Michael McDonough, 17, were arrested last month after a notebook revealed their intentions to kill fellow students with guns and explosives. The attack was planned for April 20, which was the ninth anniversary of the Columbine, Colo., massacre, police say.

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