[2] June 14, 2013 industry to break into.” But after acting in another director’s film that focused on the world ending, Knies felt he could portray the apocalyptic experience in a better way. And like the characters in his film, Knies realized that he must focus on the future and not the past in order to live out his dreams of being a director and filmmaker. “As soon as I let go, that’s when I started to dive into my friendships
(at UCLA),” Knies said. “I think the biggest thing for me (was letting) go of my old home and connecting (in Los Angeles) more.” But Knies certainly hasn’t forgotten about home. This summer he plans to film the scenes of “When the World Ended” in Kent and around the greater Seattle area. Also, Knies and a few of his business partners founded TheFilmStudio, a Kentbased company that gives students experience working with filmmakers,
something Knies believes to be “a new chapter of filmmaking in Kent.” “There wasn’t a great hands-on experience for these kids, (and) most of my learning happened sitting behind a camera,” Knies said. Knies hopes to finish filming his 15-minute movie by the end of the summer and define for his audience what he believes home to be. “It’s a very abstract concept, but your home…it’s the people you’re around. That’s what it comes down to,” Knies said.
[ BOMB from page 1 ] LaPlante would be three to nine months in jail. LaPlante is not currently in custody in King County, according to county jail records. A summons has been issued to him to appear in court. LaPlante has no criminal history, according to charging papers. Detectives arrested LaPlante April 6 at his father’s home in Kennewick. LaPlante had lived in Kent with his mother before moving to the Tri-Cities. Detectives served a search warrant at the Kennewick house and seized two computers. Investigators used those computers over the last several weeks to connect LaPlante to the email sent to Principal Doug Hostetter, according to charging papers. “I’m writing you because you need to be prepared today at 11:15 p.m. for a hostage takeover in the school’s commons during lunch,” the email to the principal said. “I will not reveal my true name because I have hacked this account.
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Many students will be killed by my hands and my men but they will be sacrificed for a greater cause and the cause is to destroy the government starting with education. “P.S. Be prepared for a blood bath! Oh and one more thing your going to need the Kent swat team and the bomb squad there to take out me and my men and the bomb I have planted trust me.” After receiving the threat, school officials voluntarily sent students home for the day while police searched the school at 25800 164th Ave. S.E. Nothing was found during the search but police said the threat was still taken seriously. LaPlante told detectives after his arrest that he didn’t have a car and had no way to carry out the threat from Kennewick. He said he deleted his Yahoo account because he did not want to get caught. He said he had this “tic” in his head and he had to send the message. Detectives worked with Yahoo and Clearwire, an
Internet service provider, to track down the IP address connected with the email sent to the principal. That led detectives to the Kennewick street address. It was determined LaPlante had a valid Yahoo account that had not been hacked. Detectives determined through analysis of LaPlante’s laptop computer that he had searched on Google for “Kentwood confessions and Doug Hostetter” as well as “what is the maximum sentence for a bomb threat to a school in Washington state.” During the search of the Kennewick home, police also found a knife and a M-5 rifle replica air soft gun. The knife and gun are the same items LaPlante is holding in pictures he posted on his Facebook page, according to charging papers. His Facebook page also includes a National Rife Association (NRA) Stand and Fight logo as well as a symbol for the U.S. Army Delta Force, a counter-terrorism and special missions unit.
“Hey dad, wouldn’t you rather spend time with your family than paint the house? You enjoy the summer and we’ll do the painting!”
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