12-year-old arrested, The 12-year-old thrilled Minnesota after a prank phone call to 911, according to a March 20 SF Gate report. The call led to a Minnesota school district lock down, which is incredibly scary for students, teachers and administrators, and parents.
Ultimately, police realized that the 911 call was a prank, and a 12-year-old was arrested in the incident. Police believe the boy called around 8 a.m. The emergency call led to middle school, high school and Central Education Campus buildings in New Prague going on lockdown.
Scott County Sheriff Kevin Studnicka said,
"He claimed he needed help because there was a shooter in the building with an AK-47 and that there were a couple of victims."
Parents raced to the scene to get their children, and classes were canceled for the day. It must have been incredibly terrifying for everybody involved.
At least 2,067 students were let out of school for the day. They are expected to go back to school tomorrow. Amazingly, this is the second time the school district has received a threat in the past two months. It is strange that students have called in threats two times recently.
Police did not say why they suspected the 12-year-old boy, but they were able to determine that there was no real threat, and they arrested the boy. It seems like he may face the last student's fate who called in a fake threat -- suspension. Hopefully this will show other students that it is not okay to make fake threat calls.
Ultimately, police realized that the 911 call was a prank, and a 12-year-old was arrested in the incident. Police believe the boy called around 8 a.m. The emergency call led to middle school, high school and Central Education Campus buildings in New Prague going on lockdown.
Scott County Sheriff Kevin Studnicka said,
"He claimed he needed help because there was a shooter in the building with an AK-47 and that there were a couple of victims."
Parents raced to the scene to get their children, and classes were canceled for the day. It must have been incredibly terrifying for everybody involved.
At least 2,067 students were let out of school for the day. They are expected to go back to school tomorrow. Amazingly, this is the second time the school district has received a threat in the past two months. It is strange that students have called in threats two times recently.
Police did not say why they suspected the 12-year-old boy, but they were able to determine that there was no real threat, and they arrested the boy. It seems like he may face the last student's fate who called in a fake threat -- suspension. Hopefully this will show other students that it is not okay to make fake threat calls.