Posts Tagged ‘school safety’
Former Vassar College student allegedly spread bomb threat, active shooter hoax
A former Vassar College student has been arrested and accused of falsely claiming on social media that there was a bomb and an active shooter on the college campus on move-in day in August, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. FBI agents arrested Nigel Trenh at his Los Angeles home on Monday in connection with the alleged…
Read More2 students arrested in alleged school shooting plot targeting TX high school, police say
An 18-year-old Pasadena 11th grader has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder after police say he plotted with a 10th grade student to carry out a mass shooting at Pasadena Memorial High School. Emilio Lopez was taken into custody following an investigation by the Pasadena Independent School District Police Department. According…
Read MorePolice believe threat made to Conway High School could be ‘AI generated hoax’
Officers were on the scene investigating a threat made to Conway High School on Tuesday morning, according to the Conway Police Department. Police said they believe the call made to the school around 10:08 a.m. was an “AI generated hoax threatening that a shooter was coming to the school.” The hold that was in place…
Read MoreSt. Clair Shores resident faces felony charges for alleged school threat
A 20-year-old St. Clair Shores man has been charged with plotting a mass shooting at Masonic Heights Elementary School after police investigated threatening TikTok videos that came to the FBI’s attention. Joel Edwards was arraigned Friday before Judge Joseph Craigen Oster in the 40th District Court on charges of intentional threat to commit an act…
Read MoreAthens teen indicted on terrorism, attempted murder charges in plot targeting high school
An Athens teen is facing terrorism and attempted murder charges in a plot to kill Athens High School faculty and students, according to a new indictment from a Limestone County Grand Jury. The indictment identified the teen as Carson Butler, who turned 18 in November. Athens Police officials say they were contacted by the FBI…
Read MoreStudent found with guns, body armor, diagram of Univ. of Delaware police department: authorities
Police in Delaware say the discovery of a vehicle in a park after hours may have ended with a violent plot being thwarted. The man inside the truck was found to have a gun, ammo, and a notebook with alleged “premeditated assault plans.” Although the threat was against the University of Delaware police department, the…
Read MoreMooresville teen who planned school shooting sentenced to prison
The Mooresville teen convicted last month for planning a school shooting will spend more than a decade behind bars. Trinity Shockley, 19, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Nov. 24 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of 30 years. She was arrested in February…
Read MoreFormer Palm Beach Central High School student nabbed for threatening school shooting
A former Palm Beach Central student was arrested Saturday after threatening to “shoot up” the school on Instagram, authorities say. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO), the former student, 25-year-old Harold Krebs of Wellington, posted a screenshot of a series of WhatsApp messages to Instagram that included the message “I want to…
Read MoreGreenwich student who threatened special needs program said he would ‘Columbine’ school, police say
An 18-year-old student is facing charges after he threatened to “Columbine” a school last month, police said. Duglas E. Alcaide, of Greenwich, is charged with second-degree threatening, according to Greenwich police. Officers responded to a report of Alcaide’s threat, made in reference to the 1999 Colorado school massacre, on Oct. 27, police said. He then…
Read More19-year-old arrested for making threat against local elementary school on Snapchat
Police have arrested a man accused made a threat against a local school on social media. Kettering Police were contacted by the Ohio State Highway Patrol around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday about a tip they got from the FBI National Threat Operations Center (NTOC). The NTOC found a Snapchat that contained a threat regarding shooting…
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