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A-2 Friday, September 22, 2006 Green Bay Press-Gazette www.greenbaypressgazette.com Alleged bomb plot CeiispiiraqDefense sees hoies in case ABC News honor A crew from ABC News is expected to be in Green Bay today working on a piece about Matt Atkinson, the 17-year-old Online chat Discuss the alleged East attack. Visit www.greenbay pressgazette.com and click on this story. MS connected, a lot of informa tion that missing and obvi i ously this will take a long time for us to figure out with the Green Bay East High School student who told school officials last week about an alleged plot to attack the school. Atkinson is missing information, Brabazon said. District sues to bar suspects from schools Request for permanent restraining orders filed BY ANDY NELESEN anelesengreenbaypressgazette.com The Green Bay School District has filed civil lawsuits to permanently bar William Cornell, 17, Shawn Sturtz, 17, and Bradley Netwal, 18, from school buildings and district functions.

The request for permanent restraining orders were filed against all three Green Bay teens after they were arrested last week for allegedly plotting" a bomb and shotgun attack on Green Bay East High School. All three teens are charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree intentional homicide and conspiracy to commit damage to property by use of explosives and are jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail. Cornell Brabazon said the case has morphed since the teens were Atkinson arrested. "This case has changed drastically since last week," i -I'll 11 Brabazon said. "We were told there was a list of people.

We learned in the last week that that's not the case. As these cases come forward, a lot of times the information, we find Shawn Sturtz, 17, left, shown on a video screen with state public defender Julie Bachir, appears Thursday before Brown County Court Commissioner Lawrence Gazeley via video conference at the Brown County Courthouse. Corey WilsonPress-Gazette out, is rumor and innuendo, and it's not based on fact. "It's important to understand that the facts will come out. It will be determined, throughout From A-1 brief appearances Thursday afternoon in Brown County intake court, where Brown County Court Commissioner Lawrence Gazeley ordered a preliminary hearing set for Sept.

29. Netwal is expected to make his initial appearance today Cornell and Sturtz, both seniors at East High, were arrested Sept. 14 after a friend of Sturtz informed school officials of the plot. Netwal, a 2006 East High graduate, was arrested the next day after he returned home from a trip to Eagle River. According to the 12-page criminal complaint, Cornell and Sturtz formed the plot over the last three years.

They told police that it initially started as a joke, but escalated as time went on. Netwal became aware of the plan about two years ago and joined the efforts, the complaint said. On Sept. 14, Sturtz told classmate and friend Matt Atkinson that he "had a bunch of rage" because a girl he was talking to over the Internet didn't want to talk to him any more. Sturtz allegedly told Atkinson that he was going to "shoot the place up," according to the complaint.

When Atkinson clarified that Sturtz meant the school and in a manner similar to that of the 1999 attack at Columbine High School, Sturtz replied, "well, yeah, exactly," the complaint said. Sturtz allegedly told Atkinson that he would call if he was going to launch the attack so Atkinson could stay home. After parting company with Sturtz, Atkinson told school officials of Sturtz's plan, and police were notified. "We'll never know when or if this would have taken place," said Brown County District Attorney John Zakowski. "I don't even know if these kids know if it would have taken place.

Perhaps, if the student had not come forward, these kids would have gone back and forth and in and out and maybe we would have gotten also faces charges for posses sion of explosives for unlawful purpose and possession of short-barreled shotgun or rifle. The district's lawsuits, filed expected to be featured as Person of the Week on ABC World News, though ABC told WBAY, Channel 2, that he will not be doing an interview for the piece. The broadcast can be seen beginning at 5:30 p.m. Sturtz stay overnight, and both went to school the next day. During an afternoon class period, the boys met outside and talked about attacking the school, the complaint said.

"Sturtz stated that he wanted to hurt people," the complaint said. "Cornell stated that he used to feel that way, but did not feel that way any more. He said that high school was almost over." In Sturtz's statements to police, he admitted to asking Cornell to join him in launching the attack, but said that Cornell talked him out of it, by claiming that he wanted both of them to graduate and find a place to live together, according to the complaint. During his interview with police, Sturtz allegedly broke down into tears and said the plan to attack the school originated out of being bullied by others at East High. When investigators pressed him for names and specifics, Sturtz said, "it was kids in general" and didn't provide other details.

Brabazon said that the criminal complaint has holes. "It isn't clear in the criminal complaint what they're being talked out of it sounds a lot of like it's hurting themselves," Brabazon said after Thursday's court appearance. "There's a lot of information and a lot of dots that need to be Sept. 15, ask that the teens not be allowed on any school property and includes a measure for an immediate temporary restraining order. The court documents cite the discovery of weapons and explosives in Cornell's home and the details of the plot which became public during the police lots and buildings and books on bullying and military tactics found in Cornell's house, police found a note to the girl, including the statements: "I am so sorry I have to go.

Maybe I will find someone in (sic) next life. Sometimes I think that I must have done something wrong and God is punishing me God I wish that someone would just kill me. I have suffered long enough, 17 long lonely years." According to the complaint, the note continues: "You have saved my life more times than you know. I love you. I would kill for you the loss is more than I could deal with I don't think that I am right for this life.

I bring only pain and depression. Don't be sad when I am gone." Cornell's South Van Buren Street home held many of the weapons and bombs police seized in the case. Cornell's lawyer, Shane Brabazon said that the firearms belonged to Cornell's father including a Mossberg shotgun Cornell admitted shortening both the stock and the barrel. Cornell told police investigators that Sturtz came to his house on Sept. 12 and was depressed and suicidal, going so far as to lie down in the road outside of Cornell's house, the complaint said.

Cornell made of these individuals had had a bad day on the same day, they would have bucked each other up and they would have gone through with their plan. Fortunately, we were not going to have to find out if that would have been the case." The criminal complaint details some of the alleged planning the teens did such as building makeshift bombs and shortening the barrel on a shotgun, as well as some of the emotional pressures on their lives and their thoughts of suicide. A girl who knew both Cornell and Sturtz told police that both boys had been telling her they were going to go to a public place like East High or the library and cause a riot and force police to shoot them, the complaint said. The girl told police that she heard the boys talking about carrying out the plan as recently as 10 days before their arrests. About the same time Cornell told the girl that he and Netwal were going to carry out the attack but called back to say, "Brad had dropped out," the complaint said.

The girl told police that both Cornell and Sturtz had expressed their love for her, but she was engaged to another guy Among diagrams of parking this proceeding, what actually occurred. But at this time, nothing that's in the criminal complaint has been proven." Zakowski said he believes he has a solid case. "I think we have a complete complaint," Zakowski said. "It's lengthier than most, but I think it gives everyone. who reads it an opportunity to see just what's out there and what kind of evidence was amassed as a result of the police investigation.

"I think people can judge for themselves how imminent this might have been." The fact that the case is charged as a conspiracy means prosecutors do not have evidence of a specific criminal act, but rather have to rely on people's actions and discussions as proof. "You can't charge someone for what they think, normally but when more than one person gets together, two or three or however many and conspire or plan to commit a crime and there are overt acts they actually take steps to further the conspiracy then when the state can take action," Zakowski said. "I think there are a number of overt acts here. "The facts, I think, speak for themselves." Ann Patteson, the lawyer representing the district, said the measure is a moot point as long as the teens remain in jail. She has filed a motion to place the cases on hold while the teens are locked up.

'But if it looks they re going to be released, then I would immediately ask to have a hearing scheduled, but I just don't think it's necessary to go forward with the permanent injunction hearing at this time," Patteson said. A hearing is set for Monday through a whole school year. "I think the better bet is that, given the statements and that sawed-off shotgun, that if both for Patteson to ask for that delay Team up with your Aurora Community Pharmacist and Diabetes Care Centers Educator for fiOUu Su exQjJl 1 1 i miiiiHI jiWifctfcH; rte'- i i SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23 9AM 5PM i 'if I i 7 Tuesday September 26 10 A.M. tO 2 P.M. Aurora Pharmacy 1819 Main Street Green Bay, Wl 54302 (920) 468-6221 1 1 Headboan I Footboards SSpS1 uptoOU 0 Ull gfoeca (i Mattress A Pharmacist and Diabetes Educator will be available to: Do a FREE diabetes screening and risk assessment for people with diabetes.

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