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Bombing suspects indicted; two to face additional charges of larceny, conspiracyBy Carey Phillips and Lisa Majors-Duff |
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A Jackson County grand jury indicted six of the seven suspects in a December pipe bombing incident at the new Scotts Creek school construction site.
The indictments handed down Monday were as follows: Joshua Earl Haddock, conspiracy (2 counts); malicious injury/damage by explosives (2 counts); possession of weapon of mass destruction (2 counts); weapon on campus or other educational property; contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Jennifer Parker, conspiracy; malicious injury/damage by explosives; possession of weapon of mass destruction; weapon on campus or other educational property; contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Matthew Wayne Breedlove, conspiracy; malicious injury/damage by explosives; possession of weapon of mass destruction; weapon on campus or other educational property; contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Andrew J. MacRae, conspiracy (2 counts); malicious injury/damage by explosives (2 counts); possession of weapon of mass destruction (2 counts); weapon on campus or other educational property; contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Travis Shaun Shepherd, conspiracy; malicious injury/damage by explosives; possession of weapon of mass destruction; weapon on campus or other educational property; contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Peter Thomas Parker, conspiracy (2 counts); malicious injury/damage by explosives (2 counts); possession of weapon of mass destruction (2 counts); weapon on campus or other educational property (3 counts); contributing to the delinquency of a minor; possession of stolen goods (2 counts). The minor involved, a 15-year-old sophomore at Smoky Mountain High School, has not been identified. Additional charges of felony larceny and possession of stolen goods have also been filed against P.T. Parker and similar charges are expected against Haddock. The new charges resulted after authorities charged them with taking computer equipment from the high school. Some 16 internal Zip drives taken from the high school were reported missing prior to the Dec. 3 and 10 bomb explosions, said Capt. David Grant of the Jackson County Sheriff's Department. Law enforcement officials were investigating leads in the stolen equipment case when the teens were arrested for the Scotts Creek bombings. They were then questioned about the missing equipment, Grant said. The Sheriff's Department learned that the Zip drives had been taken back to the high school when a school official administrator thanked Sheriff Jim Cruzan for having the equipment returned, Grant said. The investigation indicates that either Parker or Haddock gave the computer equipment to an attorney, who then turned it over to the District Attorney's Office in Sylva. From there, Larry Tucker, the school system's computer coordinator, was told to retreive the equipment from the Justice Center. The Zip drives, which are estimated to be worth about $1,400, are now being held at the Sheriff's Department to be used as evidence, Cruzan said. |
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