HUTCHINSON, Kan. — One of the five teens arrested and accused of making criminal threats against Hutchinson High School has reached a plea agreement in the case.
Dominic Collins was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and criminal threat. He entered pleas to the second count while the conspiracy to commit murder was dismissed. According to Dan Gilligan of the District Attorney’s office, Collins had made strides to improve his life including obtaining his GED.
Collins was sentenced to Court services until May of 2016 and time already served. he must also write a letter of apology to Hutchinson USD 308 for his actions. The other four teens arrested in the case, Takota Bowman, Jake Eells, Andre Smith and Tyler Cabral are scheduled to be back in court on December 29th.
The five were arrested after threats surfaced on social media. The five have maintained all along that the texts and emails were a joke. The teens were detained in juvenile detention until after the school year and were released this past summer.