An Iowa high school fire cadet smiled in her mugshot after being arrested for allegedly creating a “hit list” of classmates and teachers she planned to harm in arson attacks, authorities said.
Kaelyn Alexis Surrell, 18, who flashed a big smile in her mugshot, was slapped with a series of terroristic threat charges Tuesday after the disturbing plot came to light, KCRG reported.
The teen is accused of listing at least seven Sidney High School students and staff she wanted to target in the “arson incidents,” according to a criminal complaint.
Surrell allegedly planned to attack those who had harmed her or people with whom she had had negative interactions. The high school student had the “potential knowledge to carry out the act” because she was a fire cadet with the Shenandoah Fire Department, according to the complaint.
Authorities were alerted to Surrell’s alleged plans after the teen sent the supposed “hit list” to someone on Snapchat, according to the complaint.
Kaelyn Alexis Surrell, 18, was arrested for allegedly creating a “hit list” of classmates and teachers she planned to harm in arson attacks, authorities said. Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
“The defendant, Kaelyn Surrell, had a telephone conversation with an informant informing him that she had a ‘hit list’ for people to cause arson incidents,” the complaint said, according to Law and Crime.
“The list included other students and employees who are enrolled in the Sidney Community School District. Other people on the list are people he had bad encounters with and has a motive to harm them.”
Specific details of the alleged plots were not immediately clear.
Surrell was arrested and charged with seven felony counts of terroristic threats. She was being held on $5,000 bail.
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