CORTEZ, Colo.—A preliminary hearing is scheduled later this week for a former Dove Creek High School student accused of plotting to kill the principal and shoot up the school.
The 16-year-old boy is expected to appear in juvenile court in Cortez at 11 a.m. Friday. He’s being held at a juvenile detention facility in Durango.
The teen, along with 19-year-old Cody Barr, both of Dove Creek, were arrested April 6 at a mobile home east of Bloomfield, N.M., on suspicion of burglary and theft. Dolores County Sheriff Jim Martin said authorities learned of the school plot after Barr told his family about it.
Authorities said the school threat was credible because firearms had been stolen during an April 4 burglary.
Barr is jailed on $25,000 bond. He’s due in court June 18.
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Information from: Cortez Journal,
