Teen convicted of threatening violence at Montgomery County high school

A Maryland teen who authorities say wrote 129 pages about a school shooting was convicted Wednesday of threatening mass violence.

Alex Ye, 19, of Rockville, was found guilty on one count of threat of mass violence after a two-day bench trial in December.

Prosecutors described Ye’s long document as a chilling plan to kill students at Wootton High School, his former school. His defense called the document simply a disturbing work of fiction.

Judge Jill Cummins determined Ye threatened real violence, Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy told reporters.

“The judge said this was not a joke, this was not jest and it was not protected speech,” he said.

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