Ex-Oakland high school student charged with making threats

(KRON) — A former Latitude High School student in Oakland is accused of making a threatening video directed at a school official and potentially LHS students, prosecutors said.

The former student, 18-year-old Mercury Hayes, was arrested Wednesday and is currently behind bars, Santa Rita Jail inmate records show. Alameda County prosecutors charged him with a felony.

An investigation into Hayes began on Sunday, August 9, one day before the first day of school for Oakland Unified School District students. OUSD officials alerted the Oakland Police Department to report the threats…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS