In January of 1998, Eric and Dylan were both arrested for breaking into a van and stealing some electronics equipment. They were put in the Juvenile Diversion Program and Anger Management classes. This is later referred to as the “January Incident.”
Audio excerpts from their probation hearing:
Eric Audio | Dylan Audio
The following downloads are official documents relating to their participation in the Juvenile Diversion Program. Thanks to Kendra for formatting these documents!
Juvenile Diversion Files:
Eric Harris (73 pages) – Dylan Klebold (80 pages)
The files included in the PDF documents include:
Petition in Delinquency, Custody Reports, Summons to Appear, Unsigned Waiver of Service for Eric, and the Order to Dismiss (Early Termination).
Did you know?
There is reason to believe that Eric and Dylan’s rampage was also fueled by their anger toward the police for arresting them. Some people believe their arrest in January 1998 was what sparked their plan as a way to seek revenge for getting caught stealing equipment from the van.
They obsessed over killing cops and wrote, “our wrath for January’s incident will be Godlike” in a friend’s 1998 yearbooks. They also spent a great deal of time looking out the library windows at the cops, expecting their car bombs to go off and cause more damage.
Dylan told police, “Almost at the same time, we both got the idea of breaking into this white van” while Eric told police, “Dylan suggested we should steal some of the objects in the white van. At first I was very uncomfortable and questioning with the thought.”