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Threat prompts lockdown at Ansonia High School, 14-year-old student charged

The school was placed in lockdown and then students were dismissed early from class.

ANSONIA, Conn. — A 14-year-old student in Ansonia was charged with threatening and breach of peace after allegedly making a threat on social media against the town’s high school.

The school resource officer at Ansonia High School was notified that a threat had been made on social media towards the school around 11 a.m. Monday morning. The school was immediately placed in lockdown and students were safely dismissed.

An investigation in conjunction with the Ansonia Board of Education found that a 14-year-old – a student at the high school – was reportedly behind the social media post.

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The student was charged with threatening in the 1st degree and breach of peace in the 2nd degree and referred to juvenile authorities.

“Ansonia Public Schools in collaboration with the Ansonia Police Department will not tolerate any behaviors/actions that put our students, staff, and community at risk,” Superintendent Dr. Joseph DiBacco said in a statement. “Today’s response was to an Ansonia student’s actions; swift and immediate action will be taken - the appropriate consequences will be administered up to and including expulsion and arrest.”

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Schools across Connecticut have been on high alert for several weeks amid multiple recent reports of violent threats.

Several students have been arrested for making fake threats at schools across the state.

The threats come after a shooting at a Michigan school that left four dead and seven injured. They also come as Connecticut will mark the 9th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting.

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