A 10-year-old Mount Clemens lad accused of bringing a weapon to his schoolhouse with a alleged "hit list" present faces transgression charges, officials said Thursday.
Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido said the boy, who has been charged arsenic a juvenile, allegedly brought the weapon with him to classes Tuesday astatine Prevail Academy, a charter schoolhouse successful Mount Clemens.
The authoritative said the lad was charged with solicitation of battle with a unsafe weapon, a four-year felony, and having a limb successful a weapon-free school, a 93-day misdemeanor. The lad was formally charged successful juvenile tribunal Wednesday.
A referee acceptable his enslaved astatine $500 and ordered that if helium is released, past helium has to stay astatine his location and deterioration a GPS tether. Under the order, the lad whitethorn permission the location for medical, school, oregon tribunal purposes. The referee besides said the suspect is forbidden from having drugs, oregon weapons, and nary interaction with anyone connected his deed list.
According to Lucido, the lad had the weapon and a database of children who helium felt were mean to him. The lad besides allegedly asked a classmate to clasp down different lad truthful the 10-year-old could stab him. The authoritative said the classmate alternatively took the weapon distant from the suspect and gave it to an big erstwhile helium was picked up from school.
"The juvenile who gave the weapon to an big is simply a hero," Lucido said successful a statement. "He saw thing and said thing which saved lives."
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