Teen Charged With Criminal Threats Following Coronado High School Lockdown

CORONADO, CA – A teenager has been charged with criminal threats, after a social media post prompted a lockdown Thursday at Coronado High School.

The campus near Spreckels Park was on lockdown around 10:30 a.m. Thursday due to a threat made on social media, according to the Coronado Police Department. Teachers kept all students secured in their classrooms while officers conducted a sweep of the school at 650 D Ave.

Police determined that the student who made the threat and no weapons were on campus. The lockdown was lifted about a half-hour later after officers deemed the campus safe.

The 16-year old male student was taken into custody at his home in Coronado. He was booked into Juvenile Hall and charged with criminal threats.

"We would like to thank those students who came forward with the original information," police said in a statement. "This is a great example of 'see something, say something.'"

In a joint statement, Coronado Police Chief Jon Froomin and city schools Superintendent Karl Mueller said they wanted "to remind our students and families that threats are a serious matter."

"Threats are considered a felony, a crime punishable by imprisonment," they stated. "In addition to criminal punishment, students who make threats are subjected to district disciplinary consequences."

City News Service contributed to this report.

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