Case against former student accused in shooting plot may hinge on ‘attempt’

Jack Sawyer is greeted by defense attorney Kelly Green as he appears in Vermont Superior Court in Rutland for an evidentiary hearing. Pool photo by Glenn Russell/The Burlington Free Press)
RUTLAND – The attorney for a former student accused of plotting to shoot up the high school he’d attended told a judge on Friday she will file a motion to dismiss the case on the grounds that prosecutors lack enough evidence to support the charges.
Prosecutors called police and school officials to