The student, who was 14 at the time of the incident, pleaded guilty to two separate charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree assault. At the hearing, the teen and his parents apologized to the community.

Two 14-year-olds and a 15-year-old were arrested in February. The three were accused of planning an attack at the south Fort Collins junior high that involved firearms and included blowing up a propane tank.

Four girls who were friends of the accused trio told Fort Collins police of the threats in January after they said that one of the boys threatened to kill them in the assault. Police said that the assault was aimed at the "preps and jocks" of Preston.

The 14-year-old was sentenced Friday as a violent juvenile offender and will spend one to two years in the custody of the Department of Youth Corrections, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Larry Abrahamson.

As part of his sentence, the court is recommending he be sent to Nevada for a wilderness, boot-camp program called Rite of Passage, Abrahamson said.

He also was sentenced to one year of parole following the sentence, and another two years of probation that will run concurrent with his parole. He is also required to complete 250 hours of community service while on probation and will have to testify, if requested, against the other 14-year-old at trial next month.

A trial for the other 14-year-old, who is charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, is scheduled to start July 23.

The 15-year-old pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to commit first-degree assault. He was sentenced in March to a two-year suspended sentence that includes 80 hours of community service and ordered to serve six days in an intensive work-therapy program as part of his intensive supervised probation.

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