Teen Who Plotted School Bombing Runs For Mayor Of Small Utah City

In this April 4, 2011 photo, Roy High School bomb plot suspect Joshua Kyler Hoggan, 16, right, walks out of the 2nd District Juvenile Court in Ogden with his parents, Ron, left, and Janice Hoggan. Joshua, now 18, is ... In this April 4, 2011 photo, Roy High School bomb plot suspect Joshua Kyler Hoggan, 16, right, walks out of the 2nd District Juvenile Court in Ogden with his parents, Ron, left, and Janice Hoggan. Joshua, now 18, is out of juvenile detention and running for mayor of Roy, Utah. MORE LESS
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A teenager running for mayor in a small Utah city says he never intended to go through with the Columbine-inspired plot to blow up his high school that landed him in juvenile detention.

The 18-year-old Joshua Kyler Hoggan told The Associated Press in an email that he recognizes what he did was wrong. But, he insists that he never had any explosives or intent to bomb the school.

Hoggan served six months in juvenile detention after pleading guilty in 2012 to possession of a weapon of mass destruction. He says he’s rehabilitated and ready to lead the city of Roy north of Salt Lake City.

He faces off in Tuesday’s primary against current Mayor Joe Ritchie and Councilman Willard Cragun. Two of the three will advance to the general election.

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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