Students plead no contest in plot

? A 16-year-old charged in an alleged school-shooting plot at Riverton High School has pleaded no contest in the case.

Caleb Byrd, 16, on Wednesday pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. He previously had been charged with misdemeanor conspiracy to riot.

Judge Robert Fleming sentenced Byrd to probation until the end of the school year and 100 hours of community service. He also ordered Byrd to pay court costs of $25.

“He wants to start moving out of this fiasco, so to speak,” Byrd’s attorney Eddie Battitori said after the hearing.

Andrew Jaeger, 15, on Friday also pleaded no contest to the same reduced charge, Fleming said after Wednesday’s hearing. He said he found Jaeger guilty and sentenced him to probation until the end of the school year. Fleming said he did not sentence Jaeger to community service because Jaeger’s father has a health condition that requires his son’s care.

Byrd; Jaeger; Coy New, 18; James Tillman 16; and Robby Hunt, 17, were all implicated in the alleged plot at Riverton High School.

Tillman and Hunt pleaded guilty and were assessed a year of probation and community service. New, Byrd and Jaeger all pleaded not guilty. New, the only defendant who is legally an adult, is scheduled for a jury trial on Nov. 27.