You’d think that a kid who writes a story about zombies invading a high school would be viewed as either someone with a creative streak or a geek. But you’d be wrong, they’re viewed as terrorists (via Manish who assures me he’ll resume blogging soon):

A George Rogers Clark High School junior arrested Tuesday for making terrorist threats told LEX 18 News Thursday that the “writings” that got him arrested are being taken out of context.

Winchester police say William Poole, 18, was taken into custody Tuesday morning. Investigators say they discovered materials at Poole’s home that outline possible acts of violence aimed at students, teachers, and police.

Poole told LEX 18 that the whole incident is a big misunderstanding. He claims that what his grandparents found in his journal and turned into police was a short story he wrote for English class.

“My story is based on fiction,” said Poole, who faces a second-degree felony terrorist threatening charge. “It’s a fake story. I made it up. I’ve been working on one of my short stories, (and) the short story they found was about zombies. Yes, it did say a high school. It was about a high school over ran by zombies.”

When I was a kid, I used to draw these images of spaceships invading the Earth. I didn’t really want spaceships to invade the Earth. I was just being creative, doodling and not paying attention to second grad mathematics. More:

Even so, police say the nature of the story makes it a felony. “Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving a school or function it’s a felony in the state of Kentucky,” said Winchester Police detective Steven Caudill.

Mr. Caudill, I’ve found those space invasion pictures I doodled back in 1978. I crossed out the Earth and wrote in Clark High School. Come get me.

Posted in uncategorized on March 2nd, 2005 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |