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Have kids not learned anything from Columbine?
Police arrest 15-year-old girl for allegedly making hit list
Rio Hondo school official calls police after receiving tip from parent
By MATT LYNCH and DANIEL GARCÍA ORDAZ
Valley Morning Star
RIO HONDO — A 15-year-old female freshman attending Rio Hondo High School was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly making a hit list containing the names of fellow students, police and school officials said.
Superintendent Anneliese McMinn said school officials became aware of the list after she received a phone call from a concerned parent Thursday night.
The tip spawned a flurry of activity by school and local law enforcement officials.
"It began last night shortly before six," she said. "The parent told me of a student who had a list with the names of other students on it. I contacted our chief of police and our high school principal."
McMinn said that following the alert, police searched the home of the student, and Rio Hondo school district Police Chief Rick Rodriguez made arrangements to meet the girl and her guardian at the high school at 9 a.m. Friday.
Rodriguez said he could not elaborate on the contents of the list.
"I informed the guardian that she lives with not to take her to school," Rodriguez said.
The student and her guardian were both very cooperative, Rodriguez said.
"He took them over to the constable’s office and they ended up charging her with a third-degree felony," McMinn said.
Rodriguez said that Cameron County Precinct 4 Constable Robert Lopez’s office was called at about 10 a.m. and that the officers were present prior and during the interview.
The girl was charged with making terroristic threats — a third degree felony — punishable by a minimum of 180 days to a maximum of two years confinement and a fine not to exceed $10,000.
McMinn said that after the girl was arrested, police and school officials continued to be on high alert.
"We searched the high school to make sure there were no weapons," she said.
McMinn said that although there was no official change in the daily schedule at the high school, some parents removed their children from classes as a precautionary measure.
"Word gets out quickly in a small community," she said. "I’m sure parents contacted each other, even though there was no imminent danger. If we thought there was danger in any way, we would have released school."
McMinn said the incident was a shocking reminder that even small school districts are not immune from possible school violence.
"It was very disturbing, and we don’t take these things lightly at all," she said. "We treat them as something that needs to be taken care of very aggressively and very quickly."
McMinn said the girl would not be returning to school in the near future, and would attend classes at the Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program campus in San Benito upon her return.
Have kids not learned anything from Columbine?
apparently not, these kids are getting caught before they can carry out the plan like columbine.
Maybe it was an "I'd hit it list".
Or an already DONE list!Maybe it was an "I'd hit it list".
That's where the check marks come into play.
This is such an incomplete story. This girl has a "guardian?" What's going on in her life? Tell us something about this child: was she forced into becoming a "loner" because she wasn't accepted by the mainstream students? Was she taunted and teased because of her appearance? Was she crying out? Was she truly angry? Was she capable of doing harm to others? Did she have access to weapons?
Poor! Poor! Poor Reporting! And probably the best one could hope for from Rio-Hondo. You don't even publish this type of story until you have all the facts, unless you hope to kindle the flames of fear.
Where the was the editor of the Rio-Hondo Valley Morning News when Matt Lynch and Daniel Garcia Ordaz were filing this news flash? This is not going to win them a Pulitzer.
I am more than sure that these individuals who are writing for valley newspapers aren't getting paid much or have much education that qualifies them to even write for the paper. Yet, someone has to do it. That is why I stick to recieving my news from a reputable online newspaper instead.
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