Bathroom Wall Threat

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Lockdown at Salmon Creek Elementary prompts early dismissal
Students and staff at Salmon Creek Elementary School in Occidental went through lockdown procedures on Monday after writing on a restroom wall was discovered and deemed to be threat to the school.

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department issued a Nixle alert at 10:51 a.m. that said the lockdown was prompted “due to threats found written in school bathroom.” The announcement did not specify the nature of the threat to the school at 1935 Bohemian Highway.

The notice described the lockdown as “voluntary” and about two hours later, the sheriff’s office issued another public advisory saying  “everyone is safe” and that parents were being notified about picking up their children.

The incident at the school in the Harmony Union School District follows a pattern of several similar ones at schools including Analy High School in the past three weeks in which restroom wall graffiti has prompted evacuations or early dismissals.

Student, 14, arrested in Occidental school threat hoax
A 14-year-old Harmony Union School District student has been arrested for writing threatening graffiti on a bathroom wall that put the Occidental campus on lockdown Monday, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said.

The student has confessed to the incident, and authorities believe he meant no harm and did not have the means to hurt anyone.

The arrest, announced Thursday, follows an investigation by sheriff’s deputies and school staff into the Monday morning hoax — one of at least a half dozen at Sonoma County schools since 17 students and adults were gunned down at a Florida high school Feb. 14.

Both of Harmony District’s two adjacent campuses on Bohemian Highway — Harmony Elementary School for K-1 students, and Salmon Creek School, for grades 2-8 — were locked down.

Afterward, parents picked their kids up.

The 14-year-old remains at home with his parents, who assisted in the investigation, the sheriff’s office said.

The matter will be referred to the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Juvenile Division for potential criminal charges, the sheriff’s office said, in addition to school staff deciding their own discipline..

Articles
Article 1: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/8144523-181/student-14-arrested-in-occidental?sba=AAS

Article 2: http://www.sonomawest.com/sonoma_west_times_and_news/news/lockdown-at-salmon-creek-elementary-prompts-early-dismissal/article_2270bd90-2bc3-11e8-9349-3fdb9b4a5ad9.html