Article: Two more teens admit plotting school shootings: the Winslow Township High 15-year-olds pleaded guilty, one of them in adult court.

Byline: Troy Graham

Aug. 11--Two more teenagers accused of plotting shootings at Winslow Township High School pleaded guilty yesterday, including the 15-year-old whom prosecutors described as the ringleader. The teens' plan was to start a food fight to cause a distraction during a fourth-period lunch. Then the ringleader would execute students and teachers from a "hit list" before continuing the rampage off-campus, prosecutors said. That teen, Edwin DeLeon of Winslow, agreed to waive his case to adult court, then pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess a firearm. He faces a six-year prison term at his sentencing in October. He could have faced 30 years if ...

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