A southwestern Michigan 15-year-old has been arraigned in juvenile court following a threat of violence at his school and the discovery of guns and pipe bomb materials at his home.
The youth faced charges Monday of making a terrorist threat, two counts of possession of a shortened barrel firearm, possession of stolen firearms, and possession of bomb-making materials.
Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott says the Paw Paw High School student was arrested Sunday and is being held at a juvenile detention facility. He says the student's family alerted authorities to the threat.
The teen's parents told WOOD-TV he had been bullied since coming to the district last year.
The teen's stepfather said he approached his parents early Sunday, obviously distraught. He told them he had stolen guns from his grandfather and cut them down they would fit into a bag, and that he had planned to kill the students who had hurt him.
Abbott says he believes something "was going to happen" on Monday morning.
The stepfather says the boy walked into the police department and told officers what he was planning to do and where they could find everything.
Paw Paw Public Schools called off Monday classes as a precaution due to the threat. A search of the high school determined it was safe.
Prosecutors are planning on trying the teen as an adult. A decision on that will be made at a hearing later this month.
