Numbers of arrests, criminal charges grow as school threats continue in Kentucky

[kentuck]

http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article200801834.html

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Seven people in Central and Eastern Kentucky were in custody Monday morning after allegedly making threats over the weekend to schools in Jessamine, Knox and Clay counties.

Two teens face terroristic threatening charges after allegedly using the image of an uninvolved third person to make a threat on social media against Jessamine County schools, according to police and jail records.

Elsewhere in Kentucky, a middle schooler in Clay County was taken into custody after posting a threat on Facebook, and in Knox County three people were arrested in connection with social media threats against the school district there. Yet more districts have reassured parents through prominent social and website posts that rumors online or elsewhere were not credible threats.

Tristan H. Kelly, 19, and Cody T. Ritchey, 18, were jailed Sunday after they were arrested and charged about 5:21 a.m. by Nicholasville police who worked through the night, officer Kevin Grimes said. Both young men had attended public schools in Jessamine County, but Grimes did not know if they had graduated.

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1. Kentucky really needs to get its act together

Obviously, far better instruction is needed for their children about the difference between doing something dumb when you're 17 and doing it at 18 or 19. Mr. Kelly and Mr. Ritchey are about to find out why those extra months of life make such a difference.

[CanonRay]

3. They've been in the Union for about 200 years and it hasn't happened yet

so I wouldn't expect much.

[tonyt53]

5. I'm a Kentuckian. What sets us apart from others states in this matter?

Kentucky is often ridiculed for low educational scores. Fact is though, we share an area with some other states, that an education does not matter to those residents - Appalachia. Take out those Appalachian counties and KY jumps to the middle teens. We have other poor counties in the rest of the state, but they are scattered. The rest of the state has high regard for an education. But just like a family can't choose its relatives, the state can't pick choose which counties are counted in scoring.

I also think that a more sensible attitude about what you stated, is that KY is acting on threats right now. After a school shooting here a couple of weeks ago, everybody is taking this seriously. Finally, the difference in right and wrong isn't something the school the school should have as a class. THAT is primarily the responsibility of the parents. Schools only get to reinforce it somewhat.

[gratuitous]

6. I'm glad Kentucky is taking threatened violence more seriously

My snarky response was that the 18- and 19-year-olds recently arrested are about to find out that the consequences for their stupidity are greatly enhanced by their being of the age of majority. The snark being that these teen-agers should have been more carefully taught to make their stupid threats before they automatically qualified for being tried as adults.

It's a common problem not confined to Kentucky, but since that's where this story is domiciled, Kentucky takes the brunt of my sarcasm here. Hopefully, they're tough enough to survive.

[tonyt53]

7. My son actually lives in Nicholasville. Their kids go to a Montessori school though.

Hell, you can tell who most of the kids are that could care less about school. They wear camo everywhere. I'd wager that their socks and underwear are camo. Their parents wear camo, father and mother. They send them to school as a daycare so they do not have to deal with them. They all carry guns because they are afraid of squirrels or rabbits or deer, or possibly their shadows. Then they blame the schools when their kid acts up. This description fits about 25% of the students thankfully. But the time and effort a teacher takes in dealing with them, takes away from teaching time for the other students.

I have a friend that lives in Danbury, Ct. His daughter had a child die at Newtown. Another good friend has a greenhouse operation less than a mile from the Marshall County, KY High School, where the previous school shooting was. He said that people around there are divided on arming the teachers or having better security entrances at the schools. Sadly, our governor will side with the NRA. It will be up to any legislators that have any sympathy and dignity left, to do something.

[kimbutgar]

2. The guys look like losers

[Kittycow]

4. The short film at the link is really good.

It's how to survive a mass shooting.