Thomas Briggs is the real name of the Newgrounds user "sirtom93." Briggs lived in Norfolk, England, and attended Attleborough High School. At 6:40 AM, on March 17, 2009, he made a thread on the BBS called This is it, in which he stated "Today at 11:30 GMT I will attack my school with arson and other forms of violence. Those bastards will pay." Eighteen minutes later, another user, J. P. Neufeld, aka "Rig," called the British police from his home in Montreal, Canada. deckheadtottie called shortly afterwards, and relayed information from Wade Fulp to the British police. At 11:40, Thomas Briggs was arrested, and was put in custody. He later stated that he never intended to commit arson.