Police arrest 3, including 2 students, in connection to threats made at Arlington schools
Three people, including two Arlington students, were arrested in connection to school threats made in the past two days, according to Arlington police.
Authorities said threats had been circulating on social media.
“We want to assure parents that we take every threat that gets reported very seriously, we thoroughly investigate each one, and we’ll always take decisive and appropriate action to ensure the safety of our school campuses,” said Arlington police in a Facebook post.
The first arrest came Thursday after Arlington High School administrators notified school resource officers of a potential threat posted online, according to police. Authorities believe this threat was inspired by other threatening posts that were widely shared in the past week, the post says.
Investigators determined 18-year-old Kevin Martinez-Molina, who is not a student, created the post. When apprehended by officers, he said he created the post as a prank, according to police. He was taken to the Arlington City Jail.
That same day, Arlington police also took a Gunn Junior High student into custody after they made a verbal threat against the school. The threat was reported by multiple people who were “extremely concerned about what they heard,” Arlington police wrote in the Facebook post.
On Saturday morning, officers arrested a Lamar High School student who sent a message threatening violence against a staff member, according to police.
Both students were transported to the Tarrant County Juvenile Detention Center. Their names are being withheld due to their age.
All three each face a charge of terroristic threat.
“The Arlington Police Department will not tolerate any behavior that disrupts students’ ability to learn or places them in fear,” authorities said in the post.
