Bolivar man to go to trial for planning "Breaking Dawn' murder spree

The chief witness against Blaec Lammers during his preliminary hearing Monday was his own mother.

Lammers, 20, who is charged with making a terroristic threat and armed criminal action for plotting the mass murder of people attending a November 15 showing of "Breaking Dawn," the latest movie in the "Twilight" series:

Lammers’ attorney Donald Cooley argued Monday that prosecutors have provided little evidence to substantiate the charges.

“He never did anything but buy a gun,” Cooley said. “We cannot let the climate of the times persevere in this case.”

At one point during the hearing, an unusual courtroom scene unfolded — a mother was called to testify against her son.

Tricia Lammers, called by the prosecution, explained how she found a receipt in her son’s pants pocket. She said the Nov. 13 receipt appeared to be for a gun — $865, paid in cash.

Tricia Lammers said she did not know where her son would have gotten so much cash but added he had been attempting to overdraw funds from his savings account.

Other testimony indicated Lammers told police of his plans to either shoot up the movie theater or a Walmart store.