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== February 2014 Arrest == | == February 2014 Arrest == | ||
[[File:DylanClarkschoolshooting.png|left|thumb|Excerpt of an article covering Dylan.]] | [[File:DylanClarkschoolshooting.png|left|thumb|Excerpt of an article covering Dylan.]] | ||
Prior to any of his interactions with Daniel, in January 2014, Dylan, | Prior to any of his interactions with Daniel, in January 2014, Dylan, aged 17, made a series of threatening calls to schools such as Sandy Hook, Columbine, Virginia Tech and Arapahoe, all of which being schools that had been victims of school shootings in the past.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/20/teen-charged-threatening-calls-sandy-hook-school-shootings/6666263/</ref> | ||
Not long after, Dylan | Not long after, Dylan would be arrested after the calls were traced back to his home. According to police, he claimed to be a relative of the perpetrators of the past shootings, most notably Adam Lanza. Even more, in these calls he would go out of his way to name every single child who died in the tragedy.<ref>https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2014/03/20/michigan-teen-accused-of-making-threatening-calls-to-sandy-hook-other-schools/</ref> It was also revealed that authorities had contact with Dylan earlier in the month when he had made a phone call threatening suicide to an alarm company. It is unclear why he did this. | ||
Afterward, it was found out that these calls stemmed to Arapahoe, where Dylan threatened to burn down a school, among many other threatening calls. When arrested, a laptop, Kindle, notebook, and cellphone were | Afterward, it was found out that these calls stemmed to Arapahoe, where Dylan threatened to burn down a school, among many other threatening calls. When arrested, a laptop, Kindle, notebook, and cellphone were seized from his home. | ||
At his arraignment, Dylan made a bizarre claim that his reasoning for these threats were so, "people [would] stop making fun of me on Facebook," and that the calls he had made were a "call for help." | At his arraignment, Dylan made a bizarre claim that his reasoning for these threats were so, "people [would] stop making fun of me on Facebook," and that the calls he had made were a "call for help." | ||