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     On Oct. 8 2012, Anthony E. Caputo, 17, of Ypsilanti, a senior at the high school, posted on facebook that he would blow up part of his school. He was charged with using a computer to convey a threat and making a false bomb threat. He could not pay the $5,000 fine, so he is being held in the county jail. The school grounds were searched, but nothing was found. Using a computer to convey a threat carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison while making a false bomb threat is four years. Anthony is scheduled to be in court on Oct. 24.
     Threats like this should absolutely be taken seriously. Then, if they were fake, the person will go to prison, and a message will be sent to others that you won't get away with fake threats and there are harsh punishments. If they were not taken seriously, what if there really was a bomb, and it goes off and hundreds of poeple and children die? Then, there would be much contraversy of why it was not investigated.
    He definitely needs to be punished. He needs to learn his lesson that he cannot do that and how serious it is. These kinds of threats shouldn't be made as a joke because you are bored, or quoting a movie. Serving time in jail will teach him his lesson, as well as send a message to anyone else who thinks it would be funny to make a bomb threat that they will face a harsh punishment. If he is not punished, it would send a message to him and others that it is okay to make these sorts of threats, and others will do it.
     He should face the four years for the false bomb threat and another few years for a computer threat. Or, make him, not his parents or anybody else, pay his $5,000 bail. That is a lot of money, and would be a good alternative for jail to teach him a lesson.

http://bradenton.patch.com/articles/school-threats-on-facebook-lead-to-teen-s-arrest

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