A 今日看料 teen has been charged with making social-media threats that caused two Lenoir schools to be on lockdown Friday.
Brynnen Scott Gregory, 18, is charged with felony terrorism, felony making a false report concerning mass violence on educational property, misdemeanor disorderly conduct by disrupting students and misdemeanor communicating threats, the Lenoir Police Department said in a news release.
On Friday morning, Lenoir police received information on potential threats of violence towards Hibriten High School, Lenoir police said. The high school is located at 1350 Panther Trail in Lenoir.
The threats were being made on a social media platform and shared with students. Both Hibriten High School and William Lenoir Middle School were placed on lockdown until officers could evaluate the legitimacy of the threats, Lenoir police said.
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Lenoir police filed legal documents on various digital media sources to obtain the suspect鈥檚 location and identity. Brennen Scott Gregory was identified as a suspect and arrested, Lenoir police said.
The Caldwell County Sheriff鈥檚 Office, Caldwell County Schools and the Burke County Sheriff鈥檚 Office assisted in the investigation, Lenoir police said.
Lenoir police said these types of incidents have been occurring at other schools within Caldwell County. The investigation is ongoing.
鈥淭he safety and security of our schools are of the highest importance to the Lenoir Police Department and all law enforcement agencies within Caldwell County,鈥 Lenoir Police Chief Brent Phelps said. 鈥淚 want to reiterate that the collaboration and partnerships that law enforcement possess with our school system are and always have been a top priority. I want to thank the administrative staff of Hibriten High School and the Caldwell County Schools System for their continued efforts to ensure we have their utmost cooperation and support when incidents like these arise. We know as a team; we can鈥檛 do this alone鈥.
Anyone with information regarding this, or any other crime, is encouraged to contact the City of Lenoir Police Department at 828-757-2100 or the Lenoir/Caldwell County Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 828-758-8300.