A teenager accused of bringing a bomb to school last spring and threatening to blow it up has been sentenced to three years' confinement. 16-year-old Andrew Criswell of Pendergrass will be held at the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center until he turns 17. Then a judge will decide where he will serve the rest of his sentence. Criswell pleaded guilty to walking into the Jackson County Comprehensive High School with a homemade bomb.
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
Teen pleads guilty to bomb in school
A 16-year-old pleaded guilty this morning to taking a bomb into a northeast Georgia high school. Andrew Thomas Criswell of Pendergrass was 15 last April when he walked into Jackson County Comprehensive High School’s main office with a bomb. 17-hundred students and staff were forced to flee the building. Charged as an adult, Criswell faces at least 3 years in prison, and a most 45 years.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Teen will stand trial as adult for alleged bomb
A 16-year-old student faces trial as an adult next month in northeast Georgia on charges that he took a bomb into a high school. Andrew Thomas Criswell of Pendergrass is accused of taking the bomb to Jackson County Comprehensive High School's main office April 12th. No injuries were reported, but school officials evacuated 1,700 students because of the threat. Criswell was charged as a juvenile, but a juvenile court judge transferred the case to Superior Court, where a grand jury indicted Criswell in September.
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