COATESVILLE, Pa. (CBS) - A 17-year-old is in custody and charged with making terroristic threats against the Coatesville area high school. SEE ALSO: Football games at Coatesville, Roxborough high schools canceled due to threats, safety concerns. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sixth through 12th grades left at 10 a.m., and elementary students at 12:30 p.m. Chopper 6 was above the school Monday morning as 1,400 students and staff were evacuated from Coatesville Area Senior High School and outside to the football stadium. COATESVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A 17-year-old has been arrested and charged in connection with a recent threat of violence made against Coatesville Area High School, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Parents, frustrated they were barred from campus, began fighting as well, Elias said. He has lived in Chester County for more than 40 years. Prosecutors say 14 threats have been made against Coatesville Area Senior High School since late September. That wont be true in 2024. Students were evacuated and moved to the school stadium, where they were meant to wait while bomb-sniffing dogs went through the campus and their personal items. Please enter valid email address to continue. Pictured Above Casandra Jones, Senator Muth and Jason Palaia Classes were expected to resume Wednesday. By 11:30 a.m., a lockdown was ordered, and some students were transferred to the football. An investigation is underway and updated information will be released accordingly. If you have difficulty accessing the website , contact Technical Support at 610-484-2400 or ITHelpdesk@casdschools.org. As officers investigated that threat Monday, they received another saying there were weapons in both the senior high school and Coatesville Area Intermediate High School. Threats force another closure of Coatesville, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Threats force another closure of Coatesville schools; officials meet with FBI, DAs office, Florida was the most prized swing state for decades. He won an Associated Press award for his 6-part series that took a deep look into poverty in Chester County, which eventually brought about changes. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. A 17-year-old senior at Coatesville Area Senior High School is facing criminal charges for making a bomb threat that prompted an evacuation Monday and a school closure Tuesday. He was also charged with one count of false reports, a misdemeanor. The. My office is determined to ensure the safety of students when they go to school every day.. Coatesville Area Senior High School in Caln Township, Chester County. The district said Monday an anonymous tip reported an accelerant somewhere in the school. 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Baker Jr., infamous for 'sucker punching' disabled man, dies in crash, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. "So when I saw the huge police presence, I thought 'not again, not again.' Treer says the repeated lockdowns and threats of violence continue to interrupt the new school year for her son. Coatesville and Downingtown East students participated in the Presentation of Colors prior to Friday night's football game. "It's one of those situations where my son will message me and say 'Mom did you get a message?' He was also charged with one misdemeanor count of false reports. 2 local football games canceled due to threats, safety concerns. The teen, whose name was not released, sent an anonymous tip Monday that homemade bombs would be set off in the school. According to investigators, the October 17 threat was the 14th notification of a threat or a tip of potential violence at the school during a three-week period. Copyright 2023 WPVI-TV. Dunlap said the district encountered a shortage of Chromebooks this summer when a number of them were broken or unaccounted for when they were collected at the end of the 2021-22 school year. While this is not ideal, it can help us to keep our students learning during this troubling time of disruption.. A 17-year-old juvenile from Valley Township has been arrested in connection with one of the threats of violence to Coatesville Area High School that occurred on Oct. 17, 2022. Mondays incident was the 14th anonymous tip about the high school that investigators received through Safe2Say, an online reporting tool run by the state Attorney Generals Office. COATESVILLE, PA Coatesville Area High School students were dismissed early Friday after threats were made on Attorney General Josh Shapiro's Safe2Say Tip line. The recent threats have caused lockdowns, evacuations, and the cancellation of school and student activities. In recent weeks,. A spokesperson for the Chester County District Attorneys Office said law enforcement will always take threats seriously. So, I checked my email and said oh not again.". Someone has a boom bag full of glass bottles, THE GLASS BOTTLES ARE FULL OF GAS AND ALCOHOL AND a lot OF TISSUES he said hes gonna light it off at 12, the teen wrote, according to Ryan. Officials are investigating the threats. An arrest or arrests are expected soon, Dunlap said in a Tuesday statement, though it was unclear who would be charged and what those charges would be. DOWNLOAD:FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APP, SUBSCRIBE:Good Day Digest Newsletter|FOX 29 Philly on YouTube. Anyone with additional information regarding the investigation is asked to contact Chester County Detectives at 610-344-6866. COATESVILLE A 17-year-old juvenile from Valley Township has been arrested in connection to a recent threat of violence to Coatesville Area High School that occurred on Oct. 17, 2022. It was the 16th threat received at Coatesville, largely from the anonymous Safe2Say tip line. Jasmine Payoute joined CBS3 Eyewitness News as a reporter in June 2021. All of the agencies are now employing additional resources and are collaborating on a joint effort to put an end to false tips and threats, Dunlap said. A spokesperson for Ryans office said its unclear if the teen arrested Wednesday was responsible for all the threats made against the high school. A statement sent to the school district community. Mondays evacuation led to fights among students as they waited outside, according to Caln Township Police Chief Joe Elias. FBI investigates threats made against Chester County schools. In a release, the district says it canceled school for students in grades 8 - 12 on Tuesday to give everyone a moment to "take a breath.". As dogs were searching the high school, the district received yet another threat on Safe2Say, this time claiming there were weapons in the senior high school and the Coatesville Area Intermediate High School. First published on October 19, 2022 / 7:05 AM. There, they found evidence that the student was at that school at the time the threat was made, and that his phone had been accessing the network. "I drive past the school every day to go to work," Darlington Jallah, an uncle of one of the students, said. SEE ALSO: Coatesville Area Senior High receives another safety threat, forcing protocols at football game. If we determine a threat was made to disrupt school as a joke, we will hold those accountable for their actions and prosecute them. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. We are working with local, state, and federal authorities to put an end to these false reports and will prosecute, to the fullest extent of the law, anyone who engages in this unlawful behavior. The teen was charged with making terroristic threats and related offenses. And earlier this month, district officials canceled a football game due to what Dunlap called a credible threat.. People in Coatesville are reacting after bomb threats at the senior high school prompted several law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, to respond. "Every week we are dealing with something," said a parent of Coatesville junior Cari Treer. The Chester County Sheriffs Department searched the school for weapons, but found nothing and school was dismissed. Law enforcement will continue to thoroughly investigate each and every one of these unfortunate acts and make decisions collectively with school officials that are in the best interest of public safety. Both schools were closed Tuesday as a precaution as investigators continued to gather evidence on the threats. 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Video surveillance also showed the teen at the school when the threat was made. 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The district attorney says this was the 14th threat, a tip of potential violence in . "CASH students, teachers, staff and parents have been anxious and on high alert for three weeks because of persistent and scary threats of violence that have disrupted school and the lives of everyone associated with CASH," District Attorney Deborah Ryansaid. The kids could not get home for 3 hours," said Ware. A 17-year-old student at Coatesville Area Senior High School called in a false bomb threat Monday that forced an evacuation at the school and sparked a series of brawls as tensions simmered, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Coatesville Area School District closed its high school and middle school Tuesday after it received its third threat of gun violence or explosives in less than two weeks, the latest in more than a dozen threats since the start of the school year. Many students had arrived at school, and school buses were forced to take students back home. The buses on lockdown. The article 16th Threat Of Violence At Coatesville High School appeared first on West Chester Patch. The teen was. Copyright 2002-2023 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved.