Riverside police arrest 4th student this month for alleged school threat

Police on Monday arrested a fourth student this month for allegedly making a threat of violence against a Riverside school, and an additional student will be charged with conspiracy in connection with the same incident, authorities said.

A 13-year-old male was taken into custody and booked into a Riverside County juvenile detention facility on suspicion of criminal threats and conspiracy.

Late Monday night officers launched a “School Threat Assessment and Response,” or STAR investigation following reports from Central Middle School parents of an Instagram post depicting a “student with a possible firearm and a list of classmates’ names,” according to a Riverside Police Department statement Tuesday.

Police identified the student, and a search of his home uncovered a “realistic toy gun,” the statement said.

Authorities requested anyone with additional information on this alleged threat of school violence to contact School Resource Officer Ben Rodriguez at BRodriguez@RiversideCA.gov or 951-826-5638.

Earlier this month police arrested students, a 13-year-old and two 15-year-olds, enrolled in Chemawa Middle School, Arlington High School and Ramona High School.