Posts Tagged ‘school safety’
Police say South Portland teen accused of planning school attack glorified Columbine shooters
Police say a teenager accused of planning a school shooting had weighted body armor, Nazi flags, odes to the Columbine gunmen and access to several firearms when they raided his South Portland home last year. The Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office presented the evidence Friday during the first day of a two-day hearing scheduled to…
Read MoreMaui police arrest 2 more teens for alleged school threats
Maui police have arrested two more teens as suspects of alleged threats against Iao Intermediate School. The Maui Police Department said investigations revealed two girls, ages 13 and 14, were responsible for the Iao Intermediate School threat. Police arrested the girls at about 3 p.m. and 3:23 p.m. on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening. “The…
Read MoreMan who planned mass shooting of women at Ohio State is first ‘incel’ convicted of federal hate crime
Tres Genco wanted to make history, to be remembered for carrying out a mass shooting specifically targeting women at Ohio State University with the hopes of killing 3,000. Instead, he’ll be remembered for something else: the first “incel” to be convicted of federal hate crime charges. For those reasons, prosecutors are urging a federal judge…
Read MoreSchool board member bragged of drinking Fireball and Coors Light in Capitol on Jan. 6, FBI says
An elected member of a Virginia school board — who allegedly bragged about drinking Fireball and Coors Light in the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack and said he was in touch with a member of the far-right Oath Keepers that day — was arrested by federal authorities Tuesday. Miles Adkins, a member of…
Read MoreGerman police arrest suspect after Wuppertal school attack
Police said a large-scale operation was underway on Thursday in the city of Wuppertal, in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, after several students were injured. According to Germany’s mass-circulation Bild newspaper, a student attacked fellow pupils with a knife. Five people were injured, according to police, as well as a suspect who was arrested…
Read MoreOntario school shooting plot defendant follows Hitler, is danger to other groups, prosecutor says
An 18-year-old accused of planning to murder classmates at Ontario Christian High School was also a danger to “several groups,” followed Hitler’s beliefs and had expressed a dislike for “minorities” and “LGBTQ” people, a prosecutor said Thursday, Feb. 15. Sebastian Bailey Villaseñor was arraigned Thursday in Superior Court in Rancho Cucamonga via video from West…
Read MoreStudent arrested, charged with planning shooting at Southern California high school
A Southern California student was arrested over the weekend after police said they were able to determine that he was plotting a school shooting at Ontario Christian High School in San Bernardino County. The 18-year-old student, who has been identified as Sebastian Villasenor, was arrested Saturday after Ontario Police Department investigators were able to determine…
Read MoreMaryland teenager arrested for bomb threat
An 18-year-old Crisfield boy has been arrested after calling bomb threats to Mardela Middle and High School in order to get his friend out of school. According to the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, following a comprehensive inquiry, which involved tracking VOIP/IP numbers and tracing locations, the suspect behind the bomb threats was positively identified as…
Read MoreUCF student arrested for alleged threat to shoot 3 Jewish students during school event
The University of Central Florida Police Department is investigating an alleged threat made during a UCF Office of Student Involvement-approved pro-Israel free expression event on Tuesday. According to UCFPD, a Palestinian-American student named Seif Asi approached a table of Jewish students participating in the event and engaged in a one to two-minute “heated conversation.” Once…
Read MoreStudent, father arrested, RPGs found after threat to Rancho Bernardo High School
A high school student and his father were arrested after police served a search warrant in response to the teen threatening to shoot up Rancho Bernardo High School. San Diego Police confirmed to NBC 7 that the Rancho Bernardo High School campus is safe and has been swept for any explosive devices. Police received several…
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