14-year-old charged with making threat that triggered UV school lockdown
NEW BERLIN – A Unadilla Valley student was charged with making a terror threat on Tuesday after police allegedly received an audio recording of the student making a threat of violence against a school.
Unadilla Valley (UV) Central School District Director of Curriculum and Instruction/Secondary Principal Brenton Taylor said one of their students was charged after two Otselic Valley students turned in a voicemail that contained a threat of violence against a school from the student.
The 14-year-old Unadilla Valley student is charged with making a terror threat, a class D felony, after an investigation by the Town of New Berlin Police Department and the New York State Police Department.
Taylor said the student who allegedly made the threat was located at Unadilla Valley during the lockdown after the threat was discovered, but a search of the student and their locker revealed no weapons or contraband.
“Otselic Valley Central School District went on a lockout after one of their students reported an audio recording of a threatened act of violence against a school allegedly made by a Unadilla Valley Central School District student,” said Taylor.
He said Otselic Valley representatives warned UV officials of the threat around 11 a.m. and by 11:16 a.m., Unadilla Valley was in a lockdown. He said approximately half an hour later the student who allegedly made the threat had been located, the student's locker was searched, and law enforcement advised that the school was safe.
Otselic Valley School District Superintendent Robert Berson said on the morning of Tuesday, November 13, an Otselic Valley staff member learned that one of their students received a voicemail from a student in another district.
Berson said the voicemail suggested violence against a school, although no specific school was named in the voicemail.
"We immediately contacted the State Police and went into a lockout procedure, which includes safety measures to keep the building secure and prevent anyone from entering the building, and we also reached out to the school attended by the suspect, and they went into their own lockdown," he said.
He said the school has learned the suspect who made the telephone call is in custody, and the OV student who received the telephone call has been debriefed by law enforcement.
"When I heard the threat, we determined that it was a serious issue, and we knew that we needed to take immediate action on it," said Berson. "Although there was never a direct threat to Otselic Valley as far as we know, it is important to take precautionary measures to ensure that our students and staff are, and will remain, safe"
Berson said threats like these need to be taken seriously by both staff and students in order to ensure that they're thoroughly investigated before an incident can occur.
"I have an important message for students: If you learn about threats during weekends or other times when school is not in session, please feel free to call the State Police directly," said Berson. "You don’t have to wait to come to school for police to be informed about potential threats. I know it takes courage to step up at times like this, but it’s important that you do."
Unadilla Valley (UV) Central School District Director of Curriculum and Instruction/Secondary Principal Brenton Taylor said one of their students was charged after two Otselic Valley students turned in a voicemail that contained a threat of violence against a school from the student.
The 14-year-old Unadilla Valley student is charged with making a terror threat, a class D felony, after an investigation by the Town of New Berlin Police Department and the New York State Police Department.
Taylor said the student who allegedly made the threat was located at Unadilla Valley during the lockdown after the threat was discovered, but a search of the student and their locker revealed no weapons or contraband.
“Otselic Valley Central School District went on a lockout after one of their students reported an audio recording of a threatened act of violence against a school allegedly made by a Unadilla Valley Central School District student,” said Taylor.
He said Otselic Valley representatives warned UV officials of the threat around 11 a.m. and by 11:16 a.m., Unadilla Valley was in a lockdown. He said approximately half an hour later the student who allegedly made the threat had been located, the student's locker was searched, and law enforcement advised that the school was safe.
Otselic Valley School District Superintendent Robert Berson said on the morning of Tuesday, November 13, an Otselic Valley staff member learned that one of their students received a voicemail from a student in another district.
Berson said the voicemail suggested violence against a school, although no specific school was named in the voicemail.
"We immediately contacted the State Police and went into a lockout procedure, which includes safety measures to keep the building secure and prevent anyone from entering the building, and we also reached out to the school attended by the suspect, and they went into their own lockdown," he said.
He said the school has learned the suspect who made the telephone call is in custody, and the OV student who received the telephone call has been debriefed by law enforcement.
"When I heard the threat, we determined that it was a serious issue, and we knew that we needed to take immediate action on it," said Berson. "Although there was never a direct threat to Otselic Valley as far as we know, it is important to take precautionary measures to ensure that our students and staff are, and will remain, safe"
Berson said threats like these need to be taken seriously by both staff and students in order to ensure that they're thoroughly investigated before an incident can occur.
"I have an important message for students: If you learn about threats during weekends or other times when school is not in session, please feel free to call the State Police directly," said Berson. "You don’t have to wait to come to school for police to be informed about potential threats. I know it takes courage to step up at times like this, but it’s important that you do."
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