Three Ventura High School students detained, two arrested after bomb threat causes lockdown
Caleb Nguyen
VENTURA, Calif. – Ventura High School was placed on lockdown after a bomb threat Friday afternoon. Ventura City Police secured the campus without a credible threat, but campus will not be available to the public until Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
Ventura City Police received a call from administrators about the bomb threat and school staff called 9-1-1 after three students were possibly involved in making those calls.
VCPD officers detained all three students on campus for a further investigation, arresting two 15-year-olds for criminal threats, conspiracy to commit a crime and false report of a bomb charges.
A sibling of two VHS students told Your News Channel the lockdown took place for nearly three hours beginning at 12:52 p.m. and ending at 3:40 p.m..
The sibling also claims that parents were notified by their students well before the school sent out an official alert at 2:16 p.m.
All students who left their belongings will have to wait until Saturday school, which will still occur, to pick them up.
Your News Channel was at the scene, noticing multiple emergency vehicles at the high school and students and parents just outside the school’s buildings, surrounded by yellow caution tape.
The VCPD encourages anyone with information related to the incident to contact them at the following number.