Teen pleads not guilty to bomb threat
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Steven Taggart, 16, walks out of district court in Central Islip. The junior at Islip High School was arrested Friday after police said he posted an online threat to blow up the Kings Park High School gymnasium. (Jan. 26, 2013)
A judge Saturday freed an Islip teenager charged with a felony for tweeting what police considered a threat to bomb a rival school's basketball game.
Steven S. Taggart, a junior at Islip High School, admitted posting on Twitter that he was preparing to blow up "The Kingdome" -- the nickname of rival Kings Park High School's gym, according to court papers.
Through his attorney, Taggart...
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