A Boston-area teenager remains in custody on $1 million bond nearly one month after being arrested over what he said on the Internet.<\/p>\n
Eighteen-year-old Cameron B. D\u2019Ambrosio of Methuen,
\nMassachusetts was arrested on May 1 after police were alerted to
\n\u201cdisturbing verbiage\u201d on his personal Facebook page discovered by a
\nfellow student at Methuen High School. D\u2019Ambrosio allegedly posted
\noriginal rap lyrics that prompted authorities to charge him with
\nterrorism, and now he faces a potential 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe posted a threat in the form of rap where he mentioned the
\nWhite House, the Boston Marathon bombing and said, \u2018everybody you
\nwill see what I am going to do, kill people<\/i>,\u201d Methuen Police
\nChief Joe Solomon told the Valley Patriot earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Three weeks after being surprised by police at his Methuen home,
\nD\u2019Ambrosio remains locked up.<\/p>\n
\u201cA kid is in prison. Away from his family. All for something
\nhe posted on Facebook<\/i>\u201d reads a support page for the high school
\nstudent established this week by the Center for Rights and Fight
\nfor the Future. In 48 hours, the website received more than 500,000
\nviews, and on Thursday the administrators said 1.2 million people
\nhad visited the page by the time D\u2019Ambrosio went before a judge
\nthat morning for a scheduled bail hearing. The justice differed
\ndeciding at this time if D\u2019Ambrosio should be released from
\ncustody.<\/p>\n
\u201cCam’s attorney made arguments that he should be released to
\nhis family and that all evidence (including testimony from the
\npolice) suggested that he was not a threat to anyone. He also noted
\nthat Cam was two weeks away from graduation, and Methuen High
\nSchool had decided to grant him a diploma<\/i>,\u201d Fight for the
\nFuture wrote early Thursday. \u201cWe expect a decision within a few
\ndays and sincerely hope that Cam will be home safe with is family
\nsoon<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, though, D\u2019Ambrosio remains locked up if and until a
\njudge decides he isn\u2019t a hazard to the community.<\/p>\n
At the time of his arrest, school officials and law enforcement
\nalike applauded the speedy response and celebrate D\u2019Ambrosio\u2019s
\narrest as a victory against terrorism only a few days \u2013 and a few
\nmiles \u2013 from where two brothers allegedly detonated explosives at
\nthe Boston Marathon, killing three in the biggest act of terror in
\nyears on American soil. But nearly one month after being
\ndetained, authorities have not announced any proof that D\u2019Ambrosio
\nintended to act out the lyrics he left on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n
\u201cA search of Cam’s house found no explosives, weapons, or ANY
\nevidence that he was planning anything other than becoming the next
\nEminem<\/i>,\u201d his supporters write.<\/p>\n
Among the Facebook content that alerted authorities was a song
\nthat was considered a warning of things to come.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo when u see me (expletive) go insane and make the news,
\nthe paper, and the (expletive) federal house of horror known as the
\nwhite house, Don\u2019t (expletive) cry or be worried because all YOU
\npeople (expletive) caused this (expletive<\/i>),\u201d reads a redacted
\nversion of one post made available to the Boston Herald.<\/p>\n
Fox News quoted another song, in which the amateur rapper wrote
\n“(expletive) the Boston bombing, wait til you see what I do. I’m
\ngoing to be famous<\/i>.”<\/p>\n
On his support page, it\u2019s noted that a key word was dropped from
\nthe line when it was reported by Fox. In actuality, D\u2019Ambrosio
\nwrote, \u201cI\u2019ma be famous rapping<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSuddenly something that sounds like a threat of violence is
\nclearly just bragging about how good Cammy Dee is going to be in
\nthe rap game. Last we checked, teenage dreams of grandeur were not
\na crime,\u201d<\/i> the website claims.<\/p>\n