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Teen sentenced for school shooting threat

By Greg Bebermeyer

03/22/2025

(KAIR)--A Fort Leavenworth teen, convicted of using Snapchat to threaten a shooting at Leavenworth High School in September 2024, has learned his fate.

Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson, in a release, said Leavenworth County District Court Judge Gerald Kuckelman on Friday sentenced 18-year-old Kaden Bentley--who had already served about six months in Jail leading up to his sentence--to probation.

Thompson said he had requested a 32-month prison sentence, but the judge instead used his discretion and sentenced Bentley to three years probation.

A Leavenworth County jury found Bentley guilty in January of aggravated criminal threat during a trial.

As part of his probation, Bentley must seek and maintain employment, obtain his GED, and pay court costs. He was also ordered to undergo an anger management evaluation and comply with any recommended treatment.

On Sept. 16, 2024, Leavenworth police officers were alerted to a potential school shooting threat made on the social media platform. Bentley was eventually located at a home in Fort Leavenworth, where he occasionally stayed with a family member.

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