By Alicia Cruz
The Black Urban Times
A Morristown judge has found probable cause to pursue criminal charges against two Morristown High School students who have been accused of making verbal and written threats"In an instance of heightened security," said Superior Court Judge Michael Wright.
On March 11, one of the accused students wrote a threat against himself on the wall of the school bathroom, then alerted school officials to the threat.
Judge Wright ordered him to remain under house arrest and to seek a psychological evaluation. The judge did give the unidentified student permission to attend church with his mother and to return to school after serving a 10-day suspension.
On March 12, another student, of Morristown, was accused of yelling out the school's emergency code word twice. The code is intended to alert students and faculty to violence or shootings. He is facing an additional charge of violating his probation.
Patricia Kay, public defender for the student, who has a lengthy juvenile record, argued against criminal charges saying the student shouting out the code word was "something stupid’’ but did not cause harm. Assistant Morris County Prosecutor Samantha DeNegri disagreed and so did Judge Wright.
Wright found the actions of both students to be criminal considering the fact that the school was already reeling from written death threats that prompted police presence at the school and had faculty and their fellow students on edge.
The death threat, left at the Rockaway Townsquare mall on March 14 read, "30 people will get shot on March 15, 2010 at Morristown High School," prompted school officials to heighten school security.
Students were not allowed to enter their school until 6:30 a.m., could not leave the building during school hours and had to walk through metal detectors before entering the building.
That same week, another note found in the school bathroom threatened violence against students on March 29-30. Police have no suspects in either of those cases.
Both students have been charged with making false public alarms and are scheduled to return to court April 19.
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