Carver Student Planning to Kill at School Denied Bail: Police

A 16-year-old is facing multiple charges in connection with plans to commit acts of violence at George Washington Carver Center for the Arts and Technology in Towson, Baltimore County police said Monday.

Sash Alexander Nemphos was taken into custody Monday and is being held without bail, police said. He is a sophomore at Carver, according to police.

Authorities learned that Nemphos planned to take a gun and two explosive devices to Carver Center and “...he wanted to kill people,” police said in a statement.

Nemphos, of the 600 block of Quiet Oaks Lane in Monkton, has been charged as an adult with having a dangerous weapon on school property; having a handgun on his person; possessing a destructive device; theft from $1,000 to $10,000; theft up to $1,000; and theft less than $100, according to a report from the Baltimore County Police Department.

Officials began investigating Nemphos over the weekend when shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, police were called to the 16900 block of York Road in Monkton for a series of thefts, the report said.

Three vehicles had been broken into and Nemphos was identified as the suspect, police said. The thefts occurred less than a mile from the teen’s home.

During the investigation, Nemphos told police he took a gun in his backpack to school on Friday but was not planning to take action until Monday, the report said.

Carver Center is billed as a magnet school in the Baltimore County Public Schools system specializing in acting, business, carpentry, cosmetology, culinary arts, dance, design/production, literary arts, music and visual arts programs.

Police said that officials from Baltimore County Public Schools were working in conjunction with law enforcement in the investigation.

According to police, Nemphos showed officers a handgun and crude explosive devices he made.

Hazardous materials personnel from Baltimore County responded and handled the devices, police said.

“The first responding officer in this case did an exceptional job of police work, and thanks to his diligence we intervened in what could have been an extremely serious situation,” Baltimore County Police Chief Jim Johnson said in prepared remarks.

Nemphos was sent for an emergency evaluation and was being held at the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School Monday afternoon, police said.

While Nemphos was initially charged as a juvenile, the charges were waived to adult status Monday evening, police said.

According to police, Nemphos was being held without bail. He is in custody at the Hickey School, Corporal John Wachter of the Baltimore County Police Department said.

There was a school shooting in Baltimore County in 2012, which seriously injured a student at Perry Hall High School. The shooter, who was 15 at the time, is serving a 35-year sentence for attempted first-degree murder.

Patch File Photo of Carver Center.