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Mental Evaluation Ordered for Teen Who Wanted to Kill Jesus
Associated Press
August 20, 2008
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A federal judge says the South Carolina teen accused of plotting to blow up his high school must undergo a mental evaluation.
Judge Thomas Rogers wrote in court documents that Ryan Anthony Schallenberger's statement that he wanted to go to heaven and kill Jesus raises enough concerns about his mental competency.
The straight-A student was arrested in April after police say his parents picked up a package addressed to him containing 20 pounds of ammonium nitrate. Police found in his home other materials needed to make bombs and a cassette tape Schallenberger wanted played after his death in an assault planned on Chesterfield High School.
Schallenberger has pleaded not guilty to federal explosives charges.
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