Feb 15, 2024

13-year-old accused of threat at Kansas middle school

Posted Feb 15, 2024 10:30 AM

SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating an alleged school threat have made an arrest.

Just after 11 a.m. Wednesday, police received the report of an alleged threat from a student at Robinson Middle School, 1125 SW 14th Street in Topeka, according to Topeka Police Lt. Donna Eubanks. The school went into a secure campus out of an abundance of caution.

Investigators responded and determined there was no threat to the school or the public. They also took a student into custody. Following the police investigation police arrested the 13-year-old boy and booked him into the Shawnee County Juvenile Detention Center on the following on a requested charge of Aggravated criminal threat, according to Eubanks.