SC Teen Sentencing Scheduled In High School Attack Plot

A South Carolina teen who admitted to planning to blow up his high school is scheduled to be sentenced on federal charges. U.S. District Judge R. Bryan Harwell was set to approve the sentence Thursday in Florence.

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Published: December 17, 2009
Updated: December 17, 2009

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FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina teen who admitted to planning to blow up his high school is scheduled to be sentenced on federal charges.

U.S. District Judge R. Bryan Harwell was set to approve the sentence Thursday in Florence.

Ryan Schallenberger pleaded guilty in August to receiving and attempting to receive an explosive and attempting to damage and destroy real property by explosive.

At that time, prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed to a 10-year prison sentence. The 19 year-old Chesterfield High School student could have faced up to 30 years in prison.

Defense attorney Bill Nettles says Schallenberger takes responsibility for what he did and has taken medication since being diagnosed for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder.