Long Island Custodian Charged With Threatening School to Wear GPS Bracelet

Concerned parents and school administrators in the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District held a meeting Tuesday night to discuss the school custodian who was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat against James H. Vernon School.

Brian Hulsen, 40, of Bethpage, was talking to a teacher at the school when he made threats toward another teacher and toward the school in general on Friday, Sept. 4, police said.

Hulsen reportedly threatened the teacher and the school with an attack similar to the mass shooting that occurred at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999, Newsday reports.

Officials are not sure why Hulsen made the threats.

“He was not in an altercation with anybody at that point. He just blurted out and at this point, we don’t know why exactly he did so,” Nassau County Police Sgt. Richard Lebrun told WCBS 880.

He was arrested Thursday, Sept. 10 at his home and was charged with making a terroristic threat. Authorities recovered two assault weapons from his home, which he legally owned, Newsday reports.

Hulsen was released on $5,000 cash bail, according to CBS Local.

He appeared in court on Wednesday and was ordered to wear a GPS ankle bracelet, school officials said. The bracelet will immediately notify the police if he gets within two miles of any district property.

“While safety and security are not in jeopardy, in light of this week’s events, to allay concerns, as an added precaution, we will continue to have additional security in place at all schools,” the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District wrote in a Facebook post.

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