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02-28-08, 07:55 PM
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=5984042
PLYMOUTH TWP., Pa. - February 28, 2008 (WPVI) -- A 14-year-old praised by President Bush for stopping an attack against a Montgomery County school has surrendered to police for a crime that will leave you shaking your head in disbelief. He is one of three teens accused of burglarizing Dylan Cossey's home while he is away serving time.
Last October, President Bush spent time on a Philadelphia tarmac talking with the boy credited with tipping off police to Cossey's plans for a Columbine-style attack at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School. Cossey later admitted to amassing a cache of weapons and plotting the assault. He is serving as many as seven years in a juvenile detention center.
Now, authorities say, while he has been away, the 14-year-old who turned him in and two other teens have been stealing from the Cossey home. They allegedly took electronics, video games, money and fake weapons. Police seized all the real weapons last year.
Authorities say the boys bragged at school about the items they would swiped from the Cossey home and even offered to sell the stolen loot to other students.
This time, someone else tipped police.
The teens face charges of burglary, criminal trespass, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal conspiracy. Cossey's mother, Michele, said by phone that she doesn't go into her son's room because it is too painful so she didn't realize until Wednesday night that she had been burglarized.
The teens will be in court for a detention hearing on Friday.
PLYMOUTH TWP., Pa. - February 28, 2008 (WPVI) -- A 14-year-old praised by President Bush for stopping an attack against a Montgomery County school has surrendered to police for a crime that will leave you shaking your head in disbelief. He is one of three teens accused of burglarizing Dylan Cossey's home while he is away serving time.
Last October, President Bush spent time on a Philadelphia tarmac talking with the boy credited with tipping off police to Cossey's plans for a Columbine-style attack at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School. Cossey later admitted to amassing a cache of weapons and plotting the assault. He is serving as many as seven years in a juvenile detention center.
Now, authorities say, while he has been away, the 14-year-old who turned him in and two other teens have been stealing from the Cossey home. They allegedly took electronics, video games, money and fake weapons. Police seized all the real weapons last year.
Authorities say the boys bragged at school about the items they would swiped from the Cossey home and even offered to sell the stolen loot to other students.
This time, someone else tipped police.
The teens face charges of burglary, criminal trespass, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal conspiracy. Cossey's mother, Michele, said by phone that she doesn't go into her son's room because it is too painful so she didn't realize until Wednesday night that she had been burglarized.
The teens will be in court for a detention hearing on Friday.