PONTIAC, Mich. – A 17-year-old Pontiac resident who was arrested three months ago on the grounds of Lake Orion High School while in possession of a machete and several knives is in custody for making a threat against a student at the same school.
The threat occurred on Thursday (May 15), and the teen was arrested Friday morning without incident at his home in Pontiac by members of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Team.
The 17-year-old boy was ordered held in Oakland County Children’s Village after a juvenile court Referee filed a petition against him for malicious use of a telecommunications device/school threat.
School officials were alerted to the incident on Thursday after a student at the high school notified the school resource officer about a Snapchat the student had just seen regarding a general threat against the students.
The sender of the threat was quickly identified as neither a student at the high school nor a resident of Orion Township.
The teen told the authorities the threat was against a student, not the school.
Thursday’s arrest was not the teen’s first contact with law enforcement. On Feb.7, he was arrested on school grounds after it was reported that a suspicious person was seen dressed all in black and carrying a backpack.
Sheriff’s deputies found a machete and three knives, among other items, in the backpack.
He was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. A warrant request is pending with prosecutors.
On March 28, the teen was arrested on a domestic violence charge for assaulting his father.
A juvenile petition was authorized on March 29.