Porter County IN October 22 2018 A Boone Grove High School freshman was arrested Friday afternoon for threatening to blow up the school, police said. Porter County Sheriff spokeswoman Sgt. Jamie Erow said in a release late Friday that Boone Grove High School students told its principal, Clay Corman, the 15-year-old had been showing fellow […]
Chesterfield County SC October 22 2018 Two students were arrested after making separate threats to ‘shoot up’ a South Carolina high school, the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release late Friday. Sheriff’s school resource officer Timothy Knight “handled both threats” at Cheraw High School “in a timely manner,” and students “were never in […]
St Johns County FL October 22 2018 Authorities arrested a West Augustine man at a college symposium Thursday afternoon after he told the mayor to kill herself and then refused to leave, according to a St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office report. Cyrus Joseph Bowie, 41, went to an event at St. Johns River State College […]
Montgomery County MD October 21 2018 An 18-year-old Montgomery County man was charged with making a “threat of mass violence” after he allegedly posted a photo on social media of himself holding an assault-style rifle and threatening to “shoot up” Walter Johnson High School, police officials said Saturday. Luis Amilcar Cabrera of Rockville was being […]
Fauquier County VA October 20 2018 All Fauquier County Public Schools soon will have armed security officers. The school board Wednesday night unanimously authorized 12 new security officers — whom it will employ — to carry firearms. School and county officials earlier this year quickly agreed to add the positions after the Feb. 14 massacre […]
Pittsburgh PA October 20 2018 Fox Chapel Area School Board last week hired three officers to round out the district’s newly-formed police force and add a security presence at the elementary schools. The new officers are Scott Bailey, Dennis Lynch and Eric Valentine. The board is expected to hire a fourth officer in coming […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. October 19 2018 — In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the Mecklenburg County Commissioners approved releasing an additional $4.6 million for security enhancements at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. CMS superintendent Dr. Clayton Wilcox proposed a more than $9 million plan earlier this year and CMS had already received half of that money. The funding granted by […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. October 19 2018– A Florida school district police employee has been arrested after authorities said he admitted to pawning his service weapon — not once but twice. James Johnson, who was a district school safety assistant in Duval County, has been charged with false verification of ownership to a secondhand dealer and receiving […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. October 19 2018 Grand Rapids Public Schools are investigating after a mother said her 11-year-old son was handcuffed and slapped by a school security officer. “I’m mad,” mother Lawanda Bryant told 24 Hour News 8 Tuesday. “I’m trying to keep it together, but this is my baby, this is my child. You don’t […]
OSAGE, Iowa October 18 2018 – Parents in Osage said they were shocked Tuesday after learning more details about a threat at the Middle School Friday evening. “It’s a small town,” said Chris Meirick. “Everybody knows everybody.” “Kinda shocked me that something that would happen in a small town like this,” said Billy Roll. The Osage Police […]