14 Year Old Arizona Boy Faces Terror Charge

April 3, 2007

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A 14-year-old boy who allegedly kidnapped a classmate at knifepoint and was later found with a backpack full of restraining devices and weapons will be charged with terrorism, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said.

The Mesa boy, who attended Powell Junior High School, also faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping and carrying weapons on a school campus.

Mesa police said the incident began March 22 when the boy confronted a girl with a knife as she walked home from school. She escaped and called police. When the boy did not show up for school the following day, police went to his home and found his backpack.

“From all indications, he was a good student and had never been in any trouble before,” Mesa police spokeswoman Holly Hosac said shortly after the arrest. “His parents were beside themselves.”

She said Clark told police he intended to kill the girl, whom he had picked at random.

The mother of the 14-year-old Mesa boy is speaking out. Danette Reed told Phoenix Station K.T.A.R. she and her husband called the police on their son hoping to get him help in the juvenile system.

Reed says her son is facing prosecution as an adult and possible prison time.

The decision to charge him as an adult upset the boy’s mother. Reed says she believes her son was crying out for help and years in an adult prison are unjustified.

The day after she called is when Mesa Police found his backpack full of weapons, including a loaded gun.

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