PALISADE, Colo.—A school district spokesman says a teen accused of planning to attack the school with weapons and explosives was enrolled there.
Eighteen-year-old Robert Dell Johnson of Grand Junction was arrested Monday on suspicion of plotting to attack Palisade High School in Palisade, just east of Grand Junction.
School district spokesman Jeff Kirtland said Thursday that Johnson was enrolled at the high school at the time of the alleged plot.
Palisade Principal Matt Diers has said Johnson was enrolled in a program for students who may not do well in a traditional school. He says officials learned of the alleged plan “from a couple different sources.”
Johnson faces charges of criminal solicitation and interfering with an educational institution. He’s being held under $100,000 bail.
Johnson’s attorney, Matthew Sandler, did not immediately return a call Thursday.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel,
