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Mass Shooting Plot

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Charges Still Pending in Averted Threat Case

Police say Neil Prescott was admitted to Anne Arundel County Medical Center, where he could be for one week.

UPDATE (5:45 p.m.)—Tales of a thwarted mass shooting plot with an Anne Arundel County connection spread quickly on Friday through news sources and social media. While local police remained tight-lipped about the incident until a Friday afternoon news conference in Prince George's County, some details—including the man's name and a faxed copy of a search warrant—were leaked. At the news conference Friday, police did not name or confirm the identity of the male suspect taken into custody for medical treatment at his Crofton apartment located in the 1600 block of Parkridge Circle. Prince George's County Police Department (PGPD) spokeswoman Julie Parker tweeted on Friday: "As no one is currently under arrest in the shooting threat averted case…

Ronald

10:34 pm on Sunday, July 29, 2012

Why AA County Med Center instead of one of the State facilities where a decent evaluaton could be conducted. Let's see if AA County Med Center releases this one in a day with medications and an outpatient appointment like the do the rest of the public.   more ›

Friday, July 27, 2012

Police Nab Man in Crofton in Potential Mass Shooting Plot

Police say suspect wore T-shirt that read, "Guns don't kill people, I do."

Police in Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties took a man into custody early Friday in connection with what authorities say could have been a mass shooting plot. The man reportedly made threats against his employer, and police found a cache of weapons at a residence in Crofton. Maj. Edward Bergen of the Anne Arundel County Police Department confirmed during a press conference Friday that the man was taken into custody in Crofton. Bergen said a SWAT team raided the man's home at the 1600 block of Parkridge Circle, where the Keswick Park Apartments are located. Police said the man wore a T-shirt that read: "Guns don't kill people, I do." In apparent reference to the shooting a week ago in Aurora, CO, the man allegedly said at one point …

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Susan Jenkins

9:09 pm on Sunday, July 29, 2012

Here is the most recent update to this ongoing investigation: http://crofton.patch.com/articles/charges-still-pending-in-averted-threat-case   more ›

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