Security stepped up today at Boardman schools after Twitter threat
BOARDMAN
Township police and school-district officials hope that the extra security measures at Boardman High School used today will not be needed when students return from spring break.
Marked and unmarked cruisers patrolled the high school campus today, and uniformed and plain-clothes officers stepped up security inside the school after a Twitter threat was made against a student.
School officials say the incident on the social media site was brought to their attention early this week. At the time, it involved users exchanging insulting comments using accounts that later were discovered to be fake.
“We monitored it. We were aware of it. It was being reported,” high school principal Jared Cardillo said. “And then we had to wait until the connection [to the school] was there, and that was [Thursday] morning, and we stepped in.”
The situation escalated late Wednesday.
“Basically the threat was, ‘If you turn me in for these comments I’m making, if you turn me in and get me expelled, I will put a bomb in your car.’,” Superintendent Frank Lazzeri said.
Read more about the matter in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.