Bryan Flecken

The case of a Butler High School alumnus accused of making online threats against the district ended with him pleading guilty to harassment and being sentenced to probation and community service.

Bryan Flecken, 28, of Bridgeville, Allegheny County, was initially charged with two counts of terroristic threats, one a charge of generally making threats and the other a charge of posting particular threats against the school.

Flecken was arrested by South Fayette police after an incident Feb. 16 in Allegheny County, in which he allegedly made threatening posts against Butler schools in a conversation on Facebook, following a mass shooting Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, where a 19-year-old gunman killed 17 people.

The affidavit of probable cause states that the conversation included comments about gun control, to which Flecken replied that “Nobody gives a (expletive). I’ll prove it. I’m gonna buy 34 rifles and shoot up my first place of employment … how about next Wednesday … about 2:30. I bet (expletive) no (expletive) police or fbi even THINK of tracking me down. Nobody cares. Big brother is comatose.”

Flecken ultimately pleaded guilty to harassment in a plea agreement with the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office, his lawyer, Giuseppe Roselli said.

Flecken will be on probation for a year and will serve 20 hours of community service.

Their main concern, Roselli said, was that Flecken would not be charged with threats against the school, as they asserted no such threats were made.