Conviction upheld for former Lexington student who had AR-15, threatened to shoot students [View all]

The Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a prior conviction for a man found guilty of threatening to shoot up a high school while he was a student in Lexington.

Timothy Felker, 21, was found guilty in 2019 of second-degree terroristic threatening after he made threats to shoot up Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and shoot certain students, according to court records. Lexington police investigated tips submitted about Felker, who was 18 at the time, and subsequently found an AR-15 and military grade ammunition in his bedroom.

Felker was convicted by a jury after being charged in 2018 for the threats he made while he was a senior at the school. His trial lasted four days and featured fellow students who testified to Felker’s threats. He was sentenced to a year and a half in prison.

But he appealed the conviction, arguing that a number of reversible errors had been made in court. The appeals court issued a unanimous decision in disagreement with him.

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