A northeast Missouri teenager accused of plotting a massacre at his school has pleaded no contest to a reduced charge.
18-year-old Donald Waters Jr. was sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation after pleading no contest to misdemeanor attempted assault while on school property. Waters had been scheduled to go on trial Tuesday on a felony charge. Waters was a senior at Winfield High School when he arrested last spring, accused of planning to shoot as many people at the school as possible. Detectives said they found evidence on his computer that he researched how to build and shoot weapons. But no weapons were found at his home, and Waters' attorney said the computer research was part of a school project.
18-year-old Donald Waters Jr. was sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation after pleading no contest to misdemeanor attempted assault while on school property. Waters had been scheduled to go on trial Tuesday on a felony charge. Waters was a senior at Winfield High School when he arrested last spring, accused of planning to shoot as many people at the school as possible. Detectives said they found evidence on his computer that he researched how to build and shoot weapons. But no weapons were found at his home, and Waters' attorney said the computer research was part of a school project.
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