Lawrenceburg student arrested for creating 'hit list'

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LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. — Police in central Kentucky have arrested a middle school student who they say created a “hit list” that included fellow students.

A parent notified the principal at Anderson County Middle School that a student had a list with more than 30 names. Police arrested the student Wednesday morning as he was getting off the bus at school. The student, a juvenile, was charged with 32 counts of terroristic threatening.

The student’s name has not been released.

School officials say parents of students named on the list were notified by phone. Police say they don’t know if the student intended to follow through on the list.

Anderson County schools Superintendent Sheila Mitchell called it an “unfortunate incident” and said the school worked closely with law enforcement to ensure students’ safety.

“We are committed to our mission and will continue to work closely with law enforcement to make sure safety of our students remains our number one priority,” Mitchell said in a statement.

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  • I agree about the formatting. Proper composition dictates I am to start a new paragraph when changing subjects.//hard return// I feel this list is benign. Making lists like that is something kids do. Isn't it in the movie "Mean Girls" where they make a 'burn list'? Kids makes lists of other kids they hate. If they share the list with others it's because they use the list to bully others. If they keep the list to themselves, they are probably bully victims and made a list of people that are mean to them.

  • Steve_Fry

    Me either, mockette. We've pointed that out to the Web-thingy Developin' Team but it's not high on their priority list. :o/

  • Ok...I do not like how this website is formatting my comments, removing hard returns, and running everything together.

  • I guess it depends on the purpose of the list (the charge is "terroristic threatening"). Also, school parents were finally notified by the school at approximately 5:30 yesterday. Granted, the School made it a priority to contact the parents of the students on the list first, which makes absolute sense. But still...a better effort should have been made to notified the school families before the story hit the local news.

  • Steve_Fry

    Is it illegal to have "a list with more than 30 names"?

  • I hope that is true - That a child (suspected of plotting violence) was not allowed on a school bus. What I do know as fact...is that as of about 3:30-4 yesterday afternoon the parents of the school had NOT been notified of the facts by the school (even if it was the facts as known at the moment). It is an unfortunate truth that despite auto-call technology, emails, etc. the school didn't notify parents and most learned that there was an incident from the local news. If nothing else a "there was a suspicious note found, we are investigating and your children are safe" type message should have been sent.

  • A lot of what is being reported by news agencies about this incident is hearsay and is not true. People should wait for the facts before assigning blame or leaping to conclusions. The only thing actually known is that a student had something an official decided was a 'hit list.' No one knows why the child had this or if they intended anything by it. The child was arrested on Wednesday...by the way it was NOT as he exited the bus.

  • and...as far as I know. The parents of Anderson County Middle have received no communication from the school about this as of 3:45 this afternoon. Is this something you should hear about on the news 2 days later? The rumor is the school (and the resource officer) knew of the list Tuesday night...but allowed the student to ride the bus to School Wednesday morning before intervening. They knew of the list yet allowed the student onto the bus...why not deal with him before he got onto the bus? Did the investigation advance that much between the time he got on the bus at home and he got off the bus at school? How was that a good idea?