Schools
Wheat Ridge Student After Social Media Threat
The student was arrested early Monday morning. There's no evidence he had taken steps to act on the threat.
A student from Wheat Ridge High School is under arrest charged with making a threat against his school via social media over the weekend. It's not believed the student had taken any concrete steps to act on his threat/
The threat - which was made on Sunday - led police to his home early Monday where he was arrested.
School officials consulted with police, determined there was no active threat and had classes start on time.
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Just to be extra cautious, there were additional Wheat Ridge Police School Resource Officers and Jefferson County School security officers at the school.
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The student - whose name has not been released - is charged with interference with staff, faculty or students at an educational facility.
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