VB student arrested for phoned gun threat

A student at Green Run High School has been charged with disorderly conduct and making a false police report after police say he phoned in a threat of gun violence that caused the school to be locked down on Monday. Police did not release the suspect's name or any other information because the 15-year-old student is a minor. A police spokesman said the student was charged and then released to his parents pending a trial date. (more...)

Student arrested in Kirk Middle School 'hit list' incident

State Police have arrested a Kirk Middle School seventh grader today for preparing a threatening note found by fellow students Wednesday, according to state police spokesman Cpl. Jeff Whitmarsh. The note, described as a “hit list,” identified nine students the note writer allegedly wanted to harm. Written on a torn sheet of paper, it listed the students by first name only and said that they would be harmed in the days to come, Whitmarsh said. (more...)

Student arrested for making bomb threat at Hope High

A student at Hope, Ark., High School has been arrested for making a comment that he would blow up the school. Hope police said they got a phone tip Wednesday afternoon that the student had told people he would detonate a bomb at school on Thursday. Police and sheriff's deputies arrested the teen-ager and also searched his home. They have not disclosed if anything was found at the house but said in a prepared statement that "there is no specific, credible evidence to suggest any explosive device or any device of a harmful nature was brought to the school's campus." (more...)