Former Mooresville Student to Stay in Jail
Former Mooresville Student to Stay in Jail as Psychological Evaluations Proceed
Source: WISH-TV
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — The 18-year-old accused of threatening a shooting on Valentine’s Day at Mooresville High School will continue to be held in jail without bond until psychological evaluations are complete, a judge ruled Thursday.
Trinity Shockley, who was months from graduation at the high school, was arrested a week ago. She was formally charged Feb. 12 in Morgan Superior Court 1 with a high-level felony count of conspiracy to commit murder that does not result in death. She also faces lower-level felony counts of a threat to commit terrorism, and a conspiracy to commit terrorism. She was being held at the Morgan County jail.
In the order issued Thursday, Judge Dakota Van Leeuwen wrote that Shockley “presents a significant risk and is a threat to the community, herself, or others, such tat a deviation from the local bond schedule is warranted.”
The judge also noted that, until he learns more from the psychological evaluations, Shockley’s mental health is a concern. He said she’d indicated she was struggling from mental health issues, and appeared to be unstable, with many contradictions in her statements or representations compared to reality.
The judge on Tuesday held a bond hearing for Shockley.
Two psychologists are evaluating Shockley’s mental health, and they will submit reports to the court, although no deadline for those reports has been given, according to a clerk for the court. No additional bond hearings have been scheduled for Shockley.
The Mooresville Police Department detective who handled the case had said in court documents that Shockley was an admirer of Nikolas Cruz. He was the mass shooter in the Feb. 14, 2018, Parkland high school shooting in Florida.
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 11 received information about a possible school shooting from the FBI. That tip came from a woman in Wisconsin who’d been in contact with Shockley.
