No charges after Firth lockdown
UPDATE 4/3/18: Sheriff Craig T. Rowland reports the student was interviewed in depth by detectives, and it has been determined the student did not make any particular threat towards the school or anyone at the school.
According to Rowland, the student made a comment a couple of weeks ago that was being treated at the school administration level.
At this time, there will be no charges filed by the Blackfoot Sheriff’s Office.
UPDATE: 10:10 a.m. Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland says Blackfoot Police, Shelley Police and the joint detectives division assisted in the investigation.
He said deputies found the bus the male juvenile was on and stopped it. The suspect was placed in a patrol car and taken to the Sheriff’s Office for questioning.
The student did not have any weapons in his possession.
UPDATE: 8:53 a.m.
Firth School Superintendent Sid Tubbs explained that the school district received a threat against Firth High School by electronic device at approximately 7 a.m. He immediately contacted the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office and implemented lockdown procedures according to school policy.
Law enforcement officers found the perpetrator of the threat on a school bus and took him into custody. Once he was in custody, Tubbs said the school district lifted the lockdown.
Students or parents of students were given the option to stay home from school Monday, although the district believes the schools are safe.
Tubbs said this was the first such threat the district has had to contend with. “The Sheriff’s Department and our people did an excellent job of getting the message out and the situation under control.”
ORIGINAL STORY:
All schools in the Firth school district were placed on lockdown early Monday. The lockdown was lifted shortly after 8 a.m. when authorities identified the individuals responsible for making an undisclosed threat against Firth High School.
Further details have not been released.
Threatening anyone at a school with a deadly or dangerous firearm or by any other means, is a crime and may be subject to investigation and prosecution.
