Prosecutor: S.C. Student To Face WMD Charge
CHESTERFIELD, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's top federal prosecutor says a teenager accused of planning to bomb his high school will face a federal charge of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.
Ryan Schallenberger could be sentenced to life if he is convicted. The 18-year-old also will face two lesser federal charges stemming from what authorities say was a scheme to detonate explosives in a suicide attack on his high school in the small town of Chesterfield.
Acting U.S. attorney Kevin McDonald says the federal charge is due to the fact that Schallenberger ordered materials that can be used for bombs through the mail.
Authorities say Schallenberger was arrested Saturday after his parents called police because he had ordered 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate, which they retrieved after getting a delivery notice from the postal service, authorities said.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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