Parkersburg High School student arrested after school receives threat

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — A student from Parkersburg High School was arrested Friday in connection to a threat made toward the school.

According to a release from the Parkersburg Police Department, at about 2 p.m., officers were contacted by the Wood County Board of Education in regard to a threat against Parkersburg High School received on the county’s “See Something Send Something” app.

Officers said the threat alluded to “an act of significant school violence” at the school, leading law enforcement to take immediate action to secure the safety of the school’s students and faculty.

The suspect in the threat is a 15-year-old student at Parkersburg High School who was not in attendance Friday, officers said. Through an investigation, officers with the Parkersburg and Vienna Police Departments were able to locate the juvenile suspect at a home in Vienna, W.Va. The juvenile was then detained and taken to the Parkersburg Police Department for an interview.

The juvenile was then placed at the Lorri Yeager Juvenile Detention Center and is awaiting a detention hearing in Wood County Circuit Court, which will be held at a later date.

The Parkersburg Police Department said there are no other suspects, persons of interest or further threats involved in this incident, and no evidence was discovered that would have allowed the juvenile to carry out the threat insinuated.

This juvenile joins several others across the state who have been arrested for allegedly issuing threats of violence toward schools and school districts across West Virginia, including Preston High School and Preston County Schools .

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