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NUTLEY, N.J. - Authorities say a New Jersey student accused of making an online threat against his high school posted a video created in the popular video game Minecraft showing a shooting at a replica of the school.
NJ.com reports that Joseph Rafanello’s avatar can be seen walking through the virtual school, complete with lockers and the sound of gunshots in the background.
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The new information was discussed Wednesday during a detention hearing for the 18-year-old Nutley High School student. A judge rejected prosecutors’ request to keep him in custody until his trial, ordering that he instead be placed on home detention.
Rafanello was charged with creating a false public alarm for a video that spurred the closure of Nutley schools Feb. 16. extremecraft shows teens firing guns and children in a classroom.