JUNEAU POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Integrity, Courage, Service, Respect
INFORMATION RELEASE
Date: 2022-11-03
From: Lieutenant Krag Campbell
Case or Incident: #2022-11020077
On 11/02/2022, at about 4:39 p.m., the Juneau Police Department received a report from JDHS staff, regarding a string of text/social media messages involving a 16-year-old male student from JDHS, that alluded towards violence. It was reported to JPD that the student had also recently been involved in a physical altercation at the school and was suspended earlier this week. Working with the school, JPD contacted the 16-year-old male student who was believed to be responsible for the threatening messages.
On 11/03/2022, JPD learned that the 16-year-old male had been communicating with a 17-year-old male student from TMHS. It is alleged that the two students communicated about a plan to commit acts of violence towards a group of students from JDHS.
Both the 16-year-old male and the 17-year-old male have been placed under arrest for terroristic threatening in the 2nd degree, a class C felony offense. The charges of terroristic threatening in the 2nd degree are due to making a threat that a circumstance dangerous to human life or property exists or is about to exist with reckless disregard that the threat may place a person in reasonable fear of serious physical injury by a dangerous instrument.
All factual allegations contained in this release are based upon preliminary investigation and are subject to change or clarification as the investigation continues. Any charges reported in this release are merely accusations and all persons named in this release are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.