14-Year-Old's Mom Arrested on Gun Charges

Supplied teen planning Columbine-style attack with weapons: cops
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 12, 2007 1:32 PM CDT
14-Year-Old's Mom Arrested on Gun Charges
Dillon Cossey, 14, is lead into the courtroom at the Montgomery County Courthouse for his hearing in Norristown, Pa. on Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Cossey was charged as a juvenile with solicitation to commit terror and other counts. Authorities say the teenager had a cache of guns, knives and explosive...   (Associated Press)

A Pennsylvania woman faces multiple criminal charges after buying guns and bomb-making materials for her emotionally disturbed 14-year old son. Michele Cossey is accused of purchasing a 9mm semiautomatic rifle, a .22 rifle and handgun, and black powder for use in making grenades, CNN reports. Her son, home-schooled after withdrawing in 2006, is being charged with solicitation to commit terror.

Police are convinced the boy was planning a Columbine-style attack: A search of his room found the weapons in plain sight, along with 30 additional air rifles, knives, bomb-making recipes and a video of the Columbine incident. Police acted on a tip from a local high school student. (More Pennsylvania stories.)

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