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Published April 25, 2006 12:00 am - COLUMBUS, Kan. — Charges of felony incitement to riot and felony criminal threat were filed Monday against five Riverton High School students who allegedly planned an attack on the school modeled on the Columbine High School tragedy.
5 teens charged
The Joplin Globe
By Roger McKinney
Globe Staff Writer
COLUMBUS, Kan. — Charges of felony incitement to riot and felony criminal threat were filed Monday against five Riverton High School students who allegedly planned an attack on the school modeled on the Columbine High School tragedy.
Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline charged Charles “Coy” New, 18; Robert “Robby” Hunt, 17; Caleb Byrd and James Tillman, both 16; and Andrew Jaeger, 15. New was charged as an adult, and juvenile charges were filed against the others.
During the bond hearing for New, Labette County District Judge Robert Fleming immediately rejected a request by Stephen Maxwell, senior assistant attorney general, to set NewÂ’s bond at $500,000.
“That’s excessive,” Fleming said. “I’m not going to grant that.”
Fleming said that if New were found guilty, his sentence would be presumed probation, and that he doesnÂ’t represent a flight risk.
Fleming said public safety also had to be considered. He said that based on the allegations he read in the probable-cause affidavit, that is a legitimate concern.
“Those are serious allegations, and they scare me,” Fleming said.
“The state is very concerned with public safety,” Maxwell said.
Attorney Robert Myers was appointed to represent New after his parents said they were unable to hire an attorney. Myers requested that NewÂ’s bond be set at $10,000.
Fleming set NewÂ’s bond at $50,000 and placed him under house arrest. He also prohibited New from any direct or indirect communication with other Riverton students, including by letter, phone or e-mail. He said he would allow New to leave his parentsÂ’ home to meet with his attorney.
‘Not overreacting’
“That’s them killers, the sheriff said,” a family member was overheard saying mockingly as the four juveniles were escorted into the courtroom.
Fleming said Hunt, Byrd, Tillman and Jaeger would remain in juvenile detention until a status hearing for all five is conducted next Wednesday. Their attorneys did not challenge the decision.
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