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CHESTERFIELD, S.C. — An 18-year-old accused of planning to bomb his high school will be charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, which carries a possible life sentence, Kevin McDonald, the top federal prosecutor in South Carolina, said Tuesday.
Ryan Schallenberger 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 Chesterfield.
The straight-A student was arrested Saturday and was to be charged in federal court Tuesday afternoon.
The federal charge comes into play mostly because Schallenberger ordered materials that can be used for bombs through the mail.
