Man arrested for making verbal threats against elementary school in Somerton
Eduardo Morales
SOMERTON, Ariz. (KYMA) – The Somerton Police Department (SPD) says they arrested a man in connection to making verbal threats against an elementary school.
According to SPD, it happened at around 10:05 a.m. Tuesday at Tierra Del Sol Elementary School when a 32-year-old man entered the school’s lobby and “made a verbal threat to injure children.”
After he left the school, SPD says the school’s staff “immediately initiated a lockdown as a precaution” and notified SPD.
SPD says the suspect’s vehicle was found and he was later arrested near U.S. Highway 95 and Avenue G at around 11:10 a.m., but at the time of his arrest, SPD says he was not armed.
The suspect was then booked into the Yuma County Detention Center and is being held on a bond of $200,000.
SPD says, “All threats are taken seriously, especially when they involve the safety of children,” and says the lockdown was lifted.