Teen posing with AR-15 violated order, cops say
In 2016, Trollinger was caught with a gun in school
A teen who nearly three years ago was captured inside Coral Springs High School with a loaded gun has been arrested again.
This time, Ryan Trollinger, 19, snapped a photo of himself holding an AR-15 in front of a mirror and posted it to his Instagram account, “actuallythegrimreaper,” which violated a court order that forbid him from having weapons, according to Coral Springs police.
In October 2016, Trollinger was stopped inside the high school with a loaded 9 mm handgun after alert students tipped off police. Authorities said they linked Trollinger to a second teenager who had handwritten journal indicating he wanted to be “the worst solo gunman of all time.”
The second teen was detained for a psychological evaluation, while Trollinger was sentenced as a juvenile to 15 days in detention for having a weapon.
Then, according to a Coral Springs police spokesman, in February 2018, Trollinger was detained for evaluation after he threatened to harm himself and police, posting pictures on social media of multiple weapons. According to police, he wrote, “yo CSPD can we exchange shots cuz I wanna die but I wanna kill a cop too #2birds1stone.”
When he got out of juvenile detention earlier this year, a judge ordered him not to have any weapons.
Trollinger’s father said he was the only one with access to his safe, according to a police report. But Trollinger told authorities he found the code to the safe written on a piece of paper in his father’s drawer, according to the arrest report. Trollinger got his hands on multiple rifles and handguns, according to police. In one picture he was pointing a handgun at the camera. Trollinger’s father confirmed that his son’s photos were recent images, police said.
Trollinger was arrested Friday on a drug charge, grand theft of a firearm and violating a judge’s order. He remained in Broward jail late Tuesday on $4,500 bond. He is being represented by the public defender’s office, which said Tuesday it was unable to comment.
Trollinger’s father couldn’t be reached for comment Tuesday despite a phone call.