LAKEPORT, Calif. – A 14-year-old Clear Lake High School student who said he was going to bring a gun to school has been arrested for terrorist threats.
On Tuesday at about 4 p.m. Lakeport Police officers were contacted by a student from Clear Lake High School advising he overheard another high school student saying he was going to bring a gun to school on Wednesday, according to a report from the Lakeport Police Department.
Officers, along with a police detective, school resource officer, the Clear Lake High School vice principal and Lakeport Unified superintendent began a detailed investigation into the circumstances, authorities said.
Throughout the course of the investigation the detective developed sufficient probable cause to author a search warrant for the student’s residence and to place the student under arrest for terrorist threats, police said.
At approximately 8:21 p.m. Tuesday Lakeport Police officers, with the assistance of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, served a search warrant at an address in north Lakeport and arrested the 14-year-old male student, authorities said.
Although no gun was seized, the Lakeport Police Department said several items of evidence were recovered.
The student, whose name was not released due to his age, was turned over to the Lake County Probation Department – which handles juvenile cases – for booking, police said.
The Lakeport Police Department and the Lakeport Unified School District said they take threats of school violence very seriously and will conduct detailed investigations to ensure the safety of our students and school staff.
The police department requests that persons remain alert and report any suspicious activity.
Lakeport juvenile arrested for making terrorist threats at school
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