Morgan was released on bond Friday morning, pending arraignment. The 16-year-old, whom The Associated Press isn’t naming because he’s a minor, had been held at a juvenile facility. By PAUL FOY and JENNIFER DOBNER ADVERTISING Associated Press ROY, Utah —
By PAUL FOY and JENNIFER DOBNER
Associated Press
ROY, Utah — The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives. They had hours of flight simulator training on a home computer and a plan to flee the country, but no plane.
Still, authorities say, both Utah high school students were deadly serious about a plot to bomb the roughly 1,500-student Roy High School, about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City, during an assembly.
A 16-year-old, along with Dallin Morgan, 18, were arrested at the school Wednesday after authorities were alerted to the plot by a fellow student who received ominous text messages from one of the suspects.
“If I tell you one day not to go to school, make damn sure you and … are not there,” the message read, according to court records.
Authorities on Friday were trying to determine just how close the two suspects were to pulling off the attack they say was inspired by the 1999 Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colo. Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, opened fire on classmates there, killing 12 kids and a teacher and wounding 26 others before killing themselves.
Morgan was released on bond Friday morning, pending arraignment. The 16-year-old, whom The Associated Press isn’t naming because he’s a minor, had been held at a juvenile facility.
