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| Real Name: | Thomas Briggs |
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| Birthdate: | March 2, 1993 |
| Profile: | sirtom93's profile |
| Aura: | Light |
| Level: | Level 24 |
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| Flash: | Zombies! |
Thomas Briggs is the real name of Newgrounds user "sirtom93." Briggs lived in Norfolk, England, attended Attleborough High School, and was a regular on the BBS. At 6:40, March 17, 2009, he made a thread on the BBS called This is it, in which he stated "Today at 11:30 GMT I will attack my school with arson and other forms of violence. Those bastards will pay." Eighteen minutes later, another user, J. P. Neufeld aka "Rig," called the British police from his home in Canada. deckheadtottie called shortly afterwards, and relayed information from Wade Fulp to the British police. At 11:40, Thomas Briggs was arrested, and was put in custody. He later stated that he never intended to commit arson.
Timeline
All times are in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
March 17th
- 10:40 AM - Thomas Briggs, aka sirtom93, claims that he's gonna burn his school down at 11:30 AM. Also made a thread here.
- 10:58 AM - Rig calls the Norfolk cops.
- 11:07 AM - deckheadtottie calls the cops.
- 11:14 AM - Wade provides information to deckheadtottie, who relays to cops.
- 11:30 AM - Thomas Briggs personal info found, relayed to cops via the thread and the school via deckheadtottie.
- 2:52 - PMSchool phones deckheadtottie and informs him that the matter is being dealt with and the police are involved.
- 3:40 PM - Thomas Briggs arrested before damage dealt. Detective calls me asking for information about other NG users.
- 4:10 PM - The school phones deckheadtottie and says the matter has been dealt with, thanks to Newgrounds.
- 4:40 PM - One of the users in question phones the detective themselves, second user a mystery
- 7:09 PM - Rig is told that Thomas Briggs will be in custody overnight, evidence still being collected. Tom Briggs is in custody, under the mental health act.
March 18th
- Tom was able to make a few phone calls from prison. He said that he never intended to do it, that he brought the knife, matches, and supposedly flammable liquid into school to show off or something.