A 14-year-old Columbus North student charged with felony intimidation relating to a threat against Columbus North High School will be allowed to be home-schooled as his case continues.
The teen appeared with his parents before Bartholomew County Juvenile Court Wednesday before Magistrate Heather Mollo, with the court accepting a deny plea from the teen in regards to a felony charge of intimidation.
The Bartholomew County Prosecutor’s office has charged the male teen with making threats to other students involving a weapon. However, no weapon was located and no injuries were reported in the Nov. 9 incident.
The juvenile, who lives on the northwest side of Columbus, spent about a week in secured detention at the Bartholomew County Youth Services Center and has since been released to his home on home detention and electronic monitoring.
He is not being allowed to return to North while his case is pending, according to school officials.
Mollo agreed to the family’s request to allow the juvenile to take online courses supervised at home by his parents as his case continues, instead of continuing with “day reporting,” which required the teen to report to the Bartholomew County Youth Services Center for a structured school day there.
She also ruled that electronic monitoring must continue for the teen even though day reporting could be discontinued.
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