What is the world coming to?!
A Las Vegas teenager was arrested at a high school last week with an unloaded assault rifle, authorities say. Jake Benton Howell is also being held in connection with another teen who federal authorities said hoarded guns and explosives in a plan to launch a mass casualty attack on the public.
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Howell was found with 40 rounds of ammunition and a 7.62mm SKS rifle in the back seat of his car on Dec. 21. Howell, now a student at Utah Valley University, told officials that he drove 400 miles to visit former teachers at Northwest Career and Technical Academy. Officials also say Howell’s name was on a list of friends and associates of Steven Matthew Fernandes, the other teen involved, who planned to attack the school in revenge for Fernandes’ arrest.
Howell was arrested on five charges of possession of a dangerous weapon on school grounds after police seized the gun and ammunition, a 16-inch bayonet and three large survival-style knives from the car.
“Everything worked right,” Clark County School District police Capt. Ken Young said Thursday. “We were looking into the rumors. Things came together and we were able to find a weapon at the school without an incident.”
Police also found a compressed air pellet gun, camouflage backpacks and military-style uniforms, food, water and survival gear in Howell’s car; items he said he needed in anticipation for the collapse of society. He later acknowledged his friendship with Fernandes, but he denied knowing anything about Fernandes’ plot to attack the school.
Fernandes was also a former student at the high school and is being held in federal custody since police found a loaded shotgun and ammunition in his car and reported seizing five rifles, four handguns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from his home, along with “The Anarchist’s Cookbook,” a how-to manual for manufacturing explosives.
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Is it just me or does there seem to be an uptick in these types of attempts? We need to pray.
SOURCE: Huffington Post
PHOTO CREDIT: Police Department/AP
