Teen boy charged with allegedly making threats at Edgewood High School

Students and staff at Edgewood High School were on lockdown Tuesday after a violent threat was discovered earlier today, say school officials. Butler County dispatchers said the threat is not an active shooter situation and that their deputies are on campus conducting an investigation into the written threat. Dispatchers said there were no reports of injuries at the school. (File Photo\Journal-News)

Credit: Nick Graham

Credit: Nick Graham

Students and staff at Edgewood High School were on lockdown Tuesday after a violent threat was discovered earlier today, say school officials. Butler County dispatchers said the threat is not an active shooter situation and that their deputies are on campus conducting an investigation into the written threat. Dispatchers said there were no reports of injuries at the school. (File Photo\Journal-News)

ST. CLAIR TWP. — A teen student has been charged with a felony for allegedly making a threat to Edgewood High School on Tuesday, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.

The 15-year-old Trenton boy is charged with inducing panic, a second-degree felony, and aggravated menacing, a first-degree misdemeanor. He was arrested Wednesday night and taken to the Butler County Juvenile Detention Center.

The teen appeared in front of a juvenile court magistrate Thursday morning and was ordered to remain in the detention center until a hearing before juvenile court Judge Daniel Phillips on Feb. 27.

The freshman sent an email to all students and staff threatening students who attend Edgewood High School.

In the email the teen said he was “filled with rage” and was going to come to school and “take out” students, according to court documents filed by a Butler County Sheriff’s Office detective.

Another student email account had been manipulated to hide the alleged student’s identity, according to the sheriff’s office.

The school was on lockdown for more than a hour as a result of the threat, and dismissal was delayed.

Staff Writer Michael Clark contributed to this report.

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