Posts Tagged ‘school safety’
15-year-old charged after bomb threats made against his high school
A 15-year-old was charged after allegedly making bomb threats against his Maryland high school in May, police said. According to the Montgomery County Police Department, the teen allegedly worked with a 12-year-old boy from Pennsylvania to call in the threats to Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, prompting the school to go into lockdown. The 15-year-old found…
Read MoreBethesda-Chevy Chase student charged with false threat that drew SWAT response
A 15-year-old student at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School — working in concert with a 12-year-old in Pennsylvania whom he met online — was accused Monday of making bomb threats that sent the school into lockdown and drew in a SWAT team several months ago, according to Montgomery County Police officials. The older teen, according to…
Read MoreFormer Cornell student sentenced to nearly 2 years for threatening to kill members of the university’s Jewish community
A former Cornell University student was sentenced to nearly two years in prison for threatening to kill members of the university’s Jewish community last fall, according to the prosecutor’s office. The former student, Patrick Dai, was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to Richard Southwick of…
Read MoreVirginia 11-year-old arrested, accused of bomb threats at Flagler County schools last year
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said it has arrested an 11-year-old boy from Virginia who is accused of making threats against Flagler County schools. On May 14, the FCSO Communications Center said it received a bomb threat toward Buddy Taylor Middle School. Following that initial threat, 20 more bomb or shooting threats were made toward…
Read MoreTucson ‘former incel’ gets 16 mos. for threatening UA mass shooting
27-year-old Tucson man who threatened to commit a mass shooting at the University of Arizona last year has been sentenced to federal prison for 16 months. Michael Pengchung Lee, who is not a UA student, used incel references in his threats. In a series of posts to a group Snapchat in October 2023, Lee said…
Read MoreHigh school damaged by ‘incendiary device’ detonation; 20-year-old man arrested after standoff
A man accused of starting a fire at Piqua High School is in jail after a SWAT standoff. Grady Egerton, 20, has been accused of creating an “explosive device that he used to catch Piqua High School on fire, according to Miami County Municipal Court documents. As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, a…
Read MoreTexas juvenile arrested, accused of more than 100 bomb threats in several states
A Texas juvenile has been arrested after the Collin County Sheriff’s Office, Tyler Police Department, Smith County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI executed a search warrant in Smith County on Saturday, June 29. Investigators say the juvenile was actively trying to stay hidden from law enforcement using “sophisticated techniques” before authorities uncovered their identity through…
Read MoreOhio teen accused of having school hit list pleads guilty to inducing panic
A teenager accused of making a hit list and planning a mass killing at a high school near Cincinnati pleaded guilty Thursday to reduced charges of inducing panic. Prosecutors dropped a charge against the 14-year-old, leveled in February, of conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. He will be sentenced in July. Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers…
Read MoreMan sentenced to prison for leaving pipe bomb in pickup near Baltimore County middle school
A man who built what prosecutors described as a sophisticated pipe bomb and left the device inside his pickup near Pine Grove Middle School in Baltimore County was sentenced on Thursday to serve nine years in prison. “The facts of this case are terrifying,” Baltimore County Circuit Judge Robert E. Cahill Jr. said as he…
Read MoreRegents set to OK policy against ‘terrorist’ support; approve U of A budget
The Arizona Board of Regents, the governing body for the state’s three public universities, is expected to hold a vote on a new policy Thursday barring student groups from supporting “foreign terrorist organizations.” It is also expected to approve the 2025 budget for the deficit-ridden University of Arizona at its Thursday meeting. All three state…
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