The Bedford General District Court has dropped a charge against a Bedford teen who was accused of making a threat toward Liberty High School.
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Bryce Wilson Snead, 18, is one of two students who was arrested and charged with the incident that prompted a lockdown at the school back in May; the second wasn’t identified due to the fact that authorities aren’t allowed to reference a juvenile, and their charges.
Snead was initially charged with threatening a school, a Class 5 felony; however, the Commonwealth’s Attorney has decided not to pursue the felony charge.
10 News reached out to Stacey Stickney, Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney for Bedford County for more clarification on why the charge has been dropped.
According to Stickney, as more evidence came in, the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office determined that there was no evidence to support concerted action.
“While the evidence showed that Mr. Snead may have been mischievous, his actions did not rise to the criminal level as he had no prior knowledge of what his co-defendant was going to say or do,” Stickney said. “Therefore, there was no shared criminal intent and no criminal intent on Mr. Snead’s behalf.”
She went on to say that since there was insufficient evidence to support his charge, it was dropped.
“All too often we see and hear in the media situations involving an active threat in the schools and the devasting effects and for those reasons, all involved law enforcement of Bedford County should be commended for their dedication to protect the citizens of Bedford County,” Stickney said.