Judge orders Sawyer held without bail in foiled school shooting

Jack Sawyer, 18, appears in Vermont Superior Court in Rutland on Friday. Pool photo by Ryan Mercer/Burlington Free Press
A Vermont judge has ordered that an 18-year-old Poultney man accused in a foiled plot to cause “mass casualties” at his former high school in Fair Haven should remain jailed without bail pending his trial.
Judge Thomas Zonay wrote in his ruling there was enough evidence presented at a two-day hearing this month that could allow a jury to convict Jack Sawyer of the