Orange County Teenager Arrested in Columbine-Style Plot

MYFOXNY.COM - A teenager in Orange County, N.Y., is under arrest for allegedly plotting to carry out a Columbine-style attack at Monroe Woodbury High School, officials said Tuesday.

The 15-year-old told investigators that he had been bullied in school and that he had "a lot of hatred" for a lot of kids at the school, according to a news release from the Monroe Police Department.

Officers searched the teen's home Monday night and found four 16-ounce bottles of gasoline, items that could be used as fuses, a torch, a machete, a black trench coat, three propane tanks, two computers and several other electronic devices, authorities said.

Investigators said that the teen told them he was trying to get his hands on an assault weapon that could hold a lot of ammunition.

He told authorities he was planning the attack for April 2. That is the anniversary of the attack at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999, in which two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, shot and killed 12 students and one teacher before committing suicide.

Investigators arrested the boy and committed him to a psychiatric facility. Authorities have not identified the boy at this time.

The Orange County District Attorney's Office Computer Crimes Unit is examining the electronics and the computers.