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Two more students charged after threats, including shooting-related threat

Posted at 6:25 pm February 23, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge High School Trash Can Fire

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Two more Oak Ridge students have been charged after police investigated threats, including a shooting-related threat, at Oak Ridge High School and Robertsville Middle School on Friday.

In the threat reported at Oak Ridge High School, a 15-year-old male student allegedly made verbal threats to another student, saying that if he was going to “shoot up the school,” he “would shoot her first,” the Oak Ridge Police Department said.

The threat was reported just before 3 p.m. Friday. The boy was removed from class and taken to the principal’s office, along with the alleged victim and a witness, the ORPD said.

“After conducting interviews and further investigation, officers learned the suspect allegedly made verbal threats to another student, stating that if he was going to ‘shoot up the school,’ he ‘would shoot her first,'” the ORPD said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12, Oak Ridge, Police, Police and Fire, Slider Tagged With: Anderson County Juvenile Court, Anderson County Schools, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, assault, City of Oak Ridge, Clinton High School, District Attorney's Office, harassment, James Akagi, Mark Lucas, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oak Ridge Schools, ORPD, Robertsville Middle School, safety, shooting-related threat, threat, Tim Parrott

Student arrested after threatening to ‘shoot up’ school

Posted at 3:55 pm February 22, 2018
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Note: This story was updated at 4:40 p.m.

A Robertsville Middle School student was arrested Thursday after threatening to “shoot up the school,” authorities said.

The Oak Ridge Police Department received a report of the threat at 9:59 a.m. Thursday. The alleged threat came during a moment of silence for the victims of the school shooting in Florida, the ORPD said.

The 13-year-old male student was immediately removed from class and taken to the principal’s office where two ORPD officers conducted an interview, according to a statement from police. The student admitted to saying he was going to “shoot up the school,” but he apologized and told officers he was joking and did not mean it, the statement said.

Officers also interviewed a parent of the student who confirmed that the teen does not have access to any firearms at home. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: disruption of a gathering, false reporting, harassment, James Akagi, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, Robertsville Middle School, school shooting, threat

Warrants: Officer threatened to ‘get even’ after woman refused to swap pictures

Posted at 11:27 am August 29, 2012
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Travis Lee Adcock

Travis Lee Adcock

The former probationary police officer arrested Wednesday morning is alleged to have sent sexual messages to a woman through a social networking site, and he is accused of threatening to “get even” when she refused to text or swap pictures, according to court records.

Travis Lee Adcock, 30, of Coalfield, was arrested Wednesday morning, the Oak Ridge Police Department said. He is charged with civil rights intimidation and harassment.

Adcock allegedly contacted an Oak Ridge woman through meetme.com, sending her messages of a “sexual nature,” according to arrest warrants filed Wednesday morning in Anderson County General Sessions Court. He allegedly continued to send her sexual messages until he requested a picture.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Police and Fire Tagged With: civil rights intimidation, harassment, meetme.com, Oak Ridge Police Department, probationary police officer, sexual messages, Travis Lee Adcock

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