Teen Gets Jail Time For Columbine Threat
A Florida teen who made a threat against Columbine High School last fall was sentenced to four months behind bars Friday.
Michael Ian Campbell fainted as Justice Edward Nottingham sentenced him to the term, to be served at a federal prison.
After the youth fainted, Campbell's mom waived her finger at Columbine student Erin Walton who received the threat in a chat room in AOL and was attending the hearing. Pam Campbell said "you killed him." Walton left the courtroom in tears and Campbell quickly recovered.
Judge Nottingham also sentenced Campbell to three years supervised released with several conditions, including no access to the Internet.
In addition, Nottingham ordered Campbell to undergo mental health treatment
The 19-year-old from Cape Coral, Florida, pleaded guilty in February, rejecting his lawyer's argument that he was suffering from "Internet Intoxication" when he authored the threat.
Campbell's message to Columbine student Erin Walton last December said he would finish what the two gunmen did there last year and warned her not to go to school the next day because he didn't want her blood on his hands.
Thirteen people died when gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a violent rampage at the Littleton Colorado school last April 20, before killing themselves.