Seymour Middle School in a photo from the district’s website.
A student at Seymour Middle School was charged as a juvenile with first-degree threatening and second-degree breach of peace Monday.
The student, a female, allegedly made a threat directed toward classmates and staff, police said. She made the comment to other students.
The Valley Indy didn’t ask for specifics details regarding the threat.
The school district issued a statement Tuesday saying the comments were made over the weekend. The students had told counselors Monday morning. A school resource officer and police were notified.
Seymour Deputy Police Chief Roberto Rinaldi said an arrest was made Monday. He said no one was in immediate danger.
The student was taken to a juvenile detention facility in Bridgeport and was due in family court in Waterbury Tuesday. A name was not released because of the her age. Juvenile court proceedings are not public.
The threat was not made on social media, and the school was neither “locked down” nor evacuated. An arrest was made within hours of the students talking to staffers.
The students who heard the comments had recently attended a Sandy Hook Promise “Say Something” school assembly.
Sandy Hook Promise is a national nonprofit organization formed after the December 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 26 students and staffers were murdered by a lone gunman.
Five members of the nonprofit’s board of directors had family members killed in the tragedy.
The Sandy Hook Promise “Say Something” program is a free gun-violence prevention program. Click here for more information.
From the Sandy Hook Promise website:
“It’s important to know that one warning sign on its own does not mean a person is planning an act of violence. But when many connected or cumulative signs are observed over a period of time, it could mean that the person is heading down a pathway towards violence or self-harm. By knowing the signs, you have the power to intervene and get help for that person.”
Watch the video below from the PBS News Hour. The video was published last year.
