Suspects in alleged Pokémon plot held without bail - Boston Globe
Two Iowa residents charged with plotting an attack at a Boston Pokémon competition were heavily armed men prepared to commit the “mass casualty situation’’ they described in social media postings, a prosecutor said Tuesday. James Stumbo and Kevin Norton appeared for a dangerousness hearing in Boston Municipal Court where Suffolk Assistant District Attorney Joseph Janezic urged Judge Thomas C. Horgan to order the men held without bail for the next 120 days. “This is a case of these two young men making some threats and references to weapons, intimidating on social media, intimidating specific individuals on social media, and then driving 25 hours from Iowa with two guns, which they posted and... Authorities allege they found an AR-15 rifle, 12-gauge Remington shotgun, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and a hunting knife in the 2002 Chevrolet Prizm the men had driven to Boston. “Kevin Norton and I are ready for worlds Boston here we come. Norton and Stumbo were barred from the competition and placed under surveillance until their arrest on Aug. Several screenshots of alleged threats were included with the court documents, and showed Stumbo telling others involved in a conversation that included references to the shooting at Columbine High School and. Source: www.bostonglobe.com
