Rivers youth to remain in custody
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The Rivers youth accused of plotting an attack at his high school will remain in custody while his charges move through the court system.
Judge Shauna Hewitt-Michta denied the 14-year-old boy’s release in Brandon provincial court on Tuesday. The teen is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, counselling the offence of murder and two counts of uttering threats.
Crown attorney Jennifer Comack told the Sun the Crown has given notice of their intention to seek an adult sentence for the accused.
An entrance to Rivers Collegiate Institute in Rivers is shown in March. A teen accused of plotting an attack at the school has been denied release as he waits to deal with charges. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun files)
His matter is scheduled to appear next on Sept. 15.
A publication ban prohibits the Sun from describing any evidence or submissions from the Crown and defence at a previous bail hearing on June 4. The ban also prohibits the Sun from publishing the judge’s reasons for her decision to deny his release on Tuesday.
The youth has been in custody since he was arrested on a school bus near Provincial Road 250 on March 16.
RCMP seized the boy’s phone and other electronic devices. Police searched two properties associated with the accused, resulting in the seizure of two firearms that a relative of his owned, along with additional electronic devices and other items, police said.
Police allege the youth and a 15-year-old from Bridgewater, N.S., discussed and planned simultaneous attacks to harm other students at their respective schools.
Interpol and the FBI alerted police in Canada to an alleged online conversation between the two teens, which Mounties said began in late February.
Police in Nova Scotia arrested the Bridgewater youth on March 16. The teen faces several charges, including conspiracy to commit murder, counselling another person to commit an indictable offence and uttering threats.
Bridgewater police said they seized handwritten plans, imitation weapons, a roughly made imitation pipe bomb and assault rifle, and clothing with hate symbols from the 15-year-old’s home.
The Sun cannot identify either youth under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
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