NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A woman admitted that she helped her troubled 14-year-old build a weapons cache by buying a rifle and gunpowder, but investigators still don’t know whether she was aware her son was planning a deadly school attack.
Michele Cossey, 46, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Montgomery County Court to one count of child endangerment. She admitted that she gave her son access to a rifle with a laser scope and gunpowder, which investigators said he was using to build grenades.
Prosecutors said her son came to idolize the Columbine High School gunmen and was planning an attack last year on Plymouth Whitemarsh High School. The boy, bullied over his weight, left public school in the seventh grade and was being home-schooled. Over time, violent Internet sites fueled his revenge fantasies, his defense lawyer said after his juvenile court plea.
The boy was sentenced to a juvenile treatment facility, where he could remain until he is 21. The Associated Press
