Nobody seems to know.
This story may be part of the reason that Brockville decided to go
the encryption route:
Title: Mother says teens' plot to kill police just a prank
Source: The National Post, Tuesday, January 04, 2000
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The National Post
Tuesday, January 04, 2000
Mother says teens' plot to kill police just a prank
The Canadian Press
BROCKVILLE - The mother of a teenager accused of plotting to kill a police officer on New Year's Eve said yesterday that her son and his two friends were only playing a game.
Police say the three youths had concocted an elaborate scheme that involved killing an officer during a fireworks display to mark the millennium on Brockville's waterfront.
But Wxx Lxx said the alleged plot was just part of a game in which teenagers create characters and scenarios. DxxLxx, 18, Lxx Wxx, 21, and a 15-year-old, who cannot be named under provisions of the Young Offenders Act, were arrested Friday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
Ms. L said it was all a misunderstanding. "They weren't going to do anything. It was just a game," she said. "My son isn't dangerous."
The charges were laid after a two-day investigation by Brockville and Ontario provincial police into an alleged plot to storm a police command centre during New Year's festivities. Police said the plan included stabbing a police officer inside the centre, stealing a cruiser and fleeing into the United States across a nearby international bridge.
Police said they heard about the plot from two citizens who overheard conversations in the days leading up to New Year's Eve. One caller picked up cellular telephone conversations on a scanner.
