No Release for Man Who Threatened Michigan School

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan appeals court has further blocked the release of a prisoner who plotted a massacre at his Macomb County high school.

The appeals court on Wednesday upheld a decision that had overturned the ruling of the state parole board. The court says the board ignored evidence that Andrew Osantowski's attitude is a threat to the public.

As a teenager in 2004, Osantowski sent messages to an Internet chat room saying he might kill students at Chippewa Valley High School near Mount Clemens. He was convicted of threatening an act of terrorism and other charges.

Osantowski, now 23, was granted parole after the minimum 4 1/2 years in jail and prison. But the Macomb County prosecutor persuaded a judge last year to stop his release.