Teens accused of plotting Pennsylvania high school attack on Columbine anniversary – By Sahar Akbarzai (CNN) / Sept 27 2021
Four Pennsylvania students were charged in plotting an attack on their high school on the 25th anniversary of the Columbine massacre on April 20, 2024, according to a statement from the Lackawanna District Attorney’s office obtained by CNN affiliate WOLF.
Two of the Dunmore High School students were charged as adults due to “the serious nature of the charges” while two other students were charged as juveniles, according to the district attorney’s statement.
The two students charged as adults, Alyssa Kucharski and Zavier Lewis, both 15, were arrested and charged with unlawful possession or manufacture of weapons of mass destruction, terroristic threats with intent to terrorize, aggravated assault, possession of explosive material, and engaging criminal conspiracy, according to criminal complaints for the two individuals also obtained by CNN affiliate WOLF.
Kucharski was also charged with risking catastrophe. The complaints allege Kucharski and Lewis conspired to hurt Dunmore High School students in a “Columbine style” attack, targeting three specific staff members and others.
