An 18-year-old boy arrested for making \u00cb\u0153terror threats\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 through his Facebook posts about the recent bombings in the US city of Boston remains in custody pending payment of USD 1 million bail.\n<\/p>\n
The teen, identified as Cameron D\u00e2\u201e\u00a2Ambrosio, faces up to 20 years in prison for making terror threats on the social networking website, Russia Today reported on Friday.\n<\/p>\n
The boy, a senior at Methuen High School in Massachusetts, was arrested on May 2 after he posted a threat on Facebook, saying, \u00c5\u201cYa’ll want me to\u2026kill somebody?… A Boston bombing wait till you see the [expletive] I do. \u2026I beat every murder charge that comes across me.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
On April 15, two bomb explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured more than 250 others.\n<\/p>\n
Following Cameron\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s arrest, Methuen Police Chief Joe Solomon issued a statement saying, \u00c5\u201cWe took this very seriously\u2026 The threat was disturbing enough for us to act and I think our officers did the right thing.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Solomon, however, added that Cameron did not make specific threat against any particular group or individuals including the school officials.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cI do want to make clear he did not make a specific threat against the school or any particular individuals but he did threaten to kill a bunch of people and specifically mentioned the Boston Marathon and the White House.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The Center for Rights and Fight for the Future established a support page for the high school student earlier this week.\n<\/p>\n
The supporters wrote on the page that \u00c5\u201ca kid is in prison. Away from his family. All for something he posted on Facebook.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
They noted that police found no explosives or weapons after they searched the house of the teen, demanding that he be released.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cA search of Cam’s house found no explosives, weapons\u2026 He should be released to his family and that all evidence (including testimony from the police) suggested that he was not a threat to anyone,\u201d his supporters wrote on the page.\n<\/p>\n
MAM\/KA<\/p>\n