Dig around a little more and you'll find some useful stuff, like phone numbers...

http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=1491
http://rome.ro/phpubb/viewtopic.php?p=64861&
http://sayanythingblog.com/2005/03/02/zombie-storiesfelonies/
http://www.lex18.com/global/story.asp?s=2989614
http://www.oblivion.net/blog/archives/000087.html
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2005/290205studentarrested.htm

...and

http://zerointelligence.net/archives/000347.php

...which happens to include the following useful tidbit.

Winchester Government http://www.winchesterky.com/quick_ref.phtml
Mayor Dodd Dixon - ddixon@winchesterky.com
Chief of Police W.M.Jackson II - Phone: 1-859-745-7400, Fax: 1-859-745-7404

So the real question now is why this isn't on http://www.cnn.com?

Palindrome wrote:
] From Planet Nashville
]
] ] Winchester police say William Poole, 18, was taken into
] ] custody Tuesday morning. Investigators say they
] ] discovered materials at Poole's home that outline
] ] possible acts of violence aimed at students, teachers,
] ] and police.
]
] ] Poole told LEX 18 that the whole incident is a big
] ] misunderstanding. He claims that what his grandparents
] ] found in his journal and turned into police was a short
] ] story he wrote for English class.
]
] ] "My story is based on fiction," said Poole, who faces a
] ] second-degree felony terrorist threatening charge. "It's
] ] a fake story. I made it up. I've been working on one of
] ] my short stories, (and) the short story they found was
] ] about zombies. Yes, it did say a high school. It was
] ] about a high school over ran by zombies."
]
] ] Even so, police say the nature of the story makes it a
] ] felony. "Anytime you make any threat or possess matter
] ] involving a school or function it's a felony in the state
] ] of Kentucky," said Winchester Police detective Steven
] ] Caudill.
]
] ] "It didn't mention nobody who lives in Clark County,
] ] didn't mention (George Rogers Clark High School), didn't
] ] mention no principal or cops, nothing,"
]
] ] On Thursday, a judge raised Poole's bond from one to five
] ] thousand dollars after prosecutors requested it, citing
] ] the seriousness of the charge.

The Orwellian thought police are on the way.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Apparently these words no longer apply

IconoclasT wrote:
] The Orwellian thought police are on the way.
]
] Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
] religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right
] of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
] government for a redress of grievances.
]
] Apparently these words no longer apply

Did they ever in Kentucky?

k wrote:
] [ This story is a little too lacking to make any kind of
] actual assessment. I'd have to read the journal outtake, I
] guess, and see if there was any context to support the fact
] that it was part of a zombie story.

It might not be, but when you arrest someone for writing things there is a very high bar that you need to reach for credibility. It is not legal to arrest someone for thought crime or for the contents of their private journal. Quotations like "Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving a school or function it's a felony in the state of Kentucky" don't generate a lot of confidence. A private journal is not a threat. In order to threaten someone you have to actually present the threat to them. And it certainly is not a "felony in the state of kentucky" to posses "matter" involving a "school or function," whatever the hell that means. Was he or was he not actually planning an attack? Who knows. Until there is some shred of information which indicates that he might have, one must assume that he was not, and as being arrested for one's writings is a very grave matter one must express some concern with the situation.

Decius wrote:
] k wrote:
] ] [ This story is a little too lacking to make any kind of
] ] actual assessment. I'd have to read the journal outtake, I
] ] guess, and see if there was any context to support the fact
] ] that it was part of a zombie story.
]
] It might not be, but when you arrest someone for writing
] things there is a very high bar that you need to reach for
] credibility. It is not legal to arrest someone for thought
] crime or for the contents of their private journal. Quotations
] like "Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving
] a school or function it's a felony in the state of Kentucky"
] don't generate a lot of confidence. A private journal is not a
] threat. In order to threaten someone you have to actually
] present the threat to them. And it certainly is not a "felony
] in the state of kentucky" to posses "matter" involving a
] "school or function," whatever the hell that means. Was he or
] was he not actually planning an attack? Who knows. Until there
] is some shred of information which indicates that he might
] have, one must assume that he was not, and as being arrested
] for one's writings is a very grave matter one must express
] some concern with the situation.

true.