Juvenile Charged In New York For Threats To Naperville North: PD

NAPERVILLE, IL — A juvenile in New York faces charges in that state after they were accused of calling in a threat to Naperville North High School on Oct. 15. The school had been placed on a soft lockdown and students were dismissed early in the wake of the incident, which marked the second threat received by the high school in a month.

Naperville police were assisted by federal officials and members of the New York Police Department in a subsequent investigation that led them to identify the out-of-state juvenile as a suspect on Oct. 19.

The juvenile was later charged with aggravated harassment in New York, police say.

“The Naperville Police Department will continue to tirelessly investigate and pursue charges against anyone who makes a threat to our schools,” Naperville Police Chief Jason Arres said in a news release.

Arres added, “Children deserve to learn in a safe environment and when parents send their children to school, they want to know their kids are safe. No matter what their intentions might be, individuals who make these types of threats rob this community of its sense of safety, and this department will never take such actions lightly.”

Following the Oct. 15 incident, Arres was joined by Aurora Police Chief Keith Cross, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin, Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow and the superintendents of Districts 203 and 204 in urging parents to talk to their children about school threats.

"These threats have caused significant disruptions to our learning environments, diverted substantial resources to investigate, and eroded parents', students' and staff members' confidence in their schools being safe environments," the letter read.

Naperville police say they are still investigating other school threats that were reported in recent weeks. Anyone with information about these incidents is urged to contact the Naperville Police Department at 630-420-6665.

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