Teenager denies school shooting plot; Governor says allegations ‘jolted me’

Jack Sawyer, 18, appears in Vermont Superior Court in Rutland on Friday. Photo by Ryan Mercer
RUTLAND – Police say an 18-year-old Poultney man told them he planned to shoot up his former high school in Fair Haven, inspired by the two killers who carried out the mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado nearly two decades ago.
Jack Sawyer also told police of a notebook he kept where he wrote down his preparations for carrying out his plot, titled, “The Journal of an Active Sh