American high school student planned to blow up his school, rape and 'become the world's most infamous sociopath'
An 18-year-old high school student stockpiled bomb-making materials in his bedroom and wrote about wanting to 'become the world's most infamous sociopath', according to authorities.
Joseph Thomas Hansen, of Claire City in South Dakota, is also alleged to have wanted to blow up his school, target individuals he hated and rape women.
Hansen was arrested on August 23 after someone tipped off a police school resource officer that Hansen had talked about an attack, authorities said.
'Thanks to an alert citizen and a school resource officer, they were able to prevent a very serious and potentially dangerous situation,' state Attorney General Marty Jackley said on Wednesday.
Hansen pleaded not guilty to selling, transporting or possessing an explosive device and possessing substances with the intent to make a destructive device, and is due back in court on September 14.
If convicted of all charges, he could face up to 25 years in prison, Jackley said.
Hansen remained jailed on Wednesday, unable to pay the ?325,520 bail.
During a search of Hansen's room, investigators found a list Hansen wrote of things he wanted to do, including blow up Sisseton High School.
Hansen was do to begin his final year of studying at the school the day after his arrest.
Also on the list it said that Hansen wanted to torture and rape women and 'become the world's most infamous sociopath', according to an affidavit.
He listed 39 people he hated and the reasons why, and he researched the 1999 Columbine school massacre in which two student gunmen killed 12 classmates and a teacher and wounded 26 others before committing suicide, investigators said.
Detectives also found drawings of swastikas, documents outlining two attempts to make napalm, instructional materials on how to make bombs, four guns and a video showing two explosive devices detonating, according to an affidavit.
Two people whose names were redacted in the affidavit told Roberts County Sheriff's investigators that Hansen told them he 'had enough fireworks to blow up Sisseton and that the first day of school would be a short one', the court documents state.
During an initial interview with police, Hansen said he was fascinated by mass murder, read books on the subject and wanted to know what makes killers tick, authorities said.
He also expressed an interest in the Marine Corps, demolitions and becoming a criminal profiler, according to the court documents.
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