Bdragon's Lair

Thank her parents for raising her properly as well! A good example of not being "afraid" ("afraid to act", "afraid you'll be embarassed if it turns out to be nothing", etc.).

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Michigan (AP) -- A boy who said on the Internet that he planned to bomb his high school was turned in by the 16-year-old daughter of a university police officer who heads a cyber crimes unit, authorities said.

Authorities credited Celia McGinty of Moscow, Idaho, with foiling a plot to bomb Chippewa Valley High School outside Detroit.

Police said a search of 17-year-old Andrew Osantowski's home last week turned up instructions for making a bomb and videotapes of him with assault weapons.

... Police said Osantowski told McGinty about plans for violent revenge at the school, including plans to kill a police liaison officer, and she alerted her father, George, who heads the cyber crime unit for the Washington State University police.

"She realized when the conversation turned bad, it was time to pass that information on," George McGinty said.
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Ralph Roberts, whose daughter attends Chippewa Valley High, said he planned to fly McGinty and her father to Michigan to be honored at the school.

"In my opinion, she's a hero because she's being raised by a hero," said Roberts.

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