Phillip Bock

USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

SHEBOYGAN - A 21-year-old Sheboygan man was arrested for allegedly buying an assault rifle and creating Facebook posts about school shootings.

Joshua J. Bagemehl was charged with terrorist threats, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of 1.5 years in prison and two years extended supervision.

According to the criminal complaint:

Police received an anonymous Crime Stoppers tip on Dec. 12 that said Bagemehl was planning a school shooting. On his Facebook page, Bagemehl had posted about buying a semi-automatic assault rifle and said he thought it would be "funny" if a school shooting occurred in Sheboygan.

Bagemehl also commented on a separate post with two photos of an assault rifle and said "Ima live by the gun, die by the gun, Ima die holding a gun" (sic).

Bagemehl's mother told officers that he is schizophrenic and bipolar.

During a search of Bagemehl home, officers recovered a .22 caliber assault-style rifle, 299 rounds of .22 caliber tactical ammunition and handwritten notes concerning homemade weapons, a plan for a "hostile takeover," and various notes about committing non-specific crimes and not getting caught.

Bagemehl admitted to posting on Facebook and told officers that he did it to get a "reaction" out of people. He also told officers that he "might" be off his medication.

Bagemehl told officers that they would find ISIS videos, including a beheading and drive-by shootings, on his computer and cell phone. He said he had been watching videos of that type for five years and that they "never get old."

Bagemehl said he also regularly watches videos of school shootings and is especially fond of "booby trap" videos where a lot of people are killed and that he enjoys videos where he can hear victims screaming during the shooting.

He told officers that he gets the urge to shoot people and that watching the videos relieves his stress so that he doesn't shoot people.