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Authorities: Jersey Shore Teen Theatened To Shoot Up Graduation, Sought Gun Authorities: Jersey Shore Teen Theatened To Shoot Up Graduation, Sought Gun
Authorities: Jersey Shore Teen Theatened To Shoot Up Graduation, Sought Gun Authorities in Ocean County arrested a 19-year-old high school student who they said attempted to buy a gun after threatening to shoot up a graduation ceremony. A warranted search and intensive investigation “verified the threats” by Matthew Vanderbeek of Cream Ridge and determined “that he was attempting to obtain a firearm,” law enforcement and school authorities said in a joint statement early Thursday afternoon. The alleged online threat “to shoot students and staff at the [New Egypt High School] graduation ceremony” was deemed credible, Ocean Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato, Plumsted Tow…

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