Teen accused of threatening school shooting in Falmouth, Massachusetts freed on $2,500 bail

Ian Fotheringham, the 18-year-old accused of threatening a school shooting in Falmouth, Massachusetts, was released from jail Wednesday, infuriating several parents.

Fotheringham posted the $2,500 bail ordered by a judge at a dangerousness hearing Tuesday in Barnstable District Court. He’s also required to wear a GPS monitoring device and must not leave his home.

A group of mothers of Falmouth students were in court Tuesday hoping the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s office would be able to convince the judge to keep Fotheringham held without bail. He was arrested September 11 and was charged with threatening to use a deadly weapon in a public building.

The judge ruled that charge doesn’t fall under the dangerousness statute in Massachusetts, so Fotheringham had to be allowed to post bail. He was held without bail for five days until Tuesday’s hearing. The district attorney had requested $250,000 cash bail.

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