BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — School has only been back in session for about a month, but staff and law enforcement are working overtime to tackle the overwhelming number of recent threats to school campuses across Kern County.
School threats seem like they are popping up almost daily at Kern County schools. Many have been deemed not credible, but one threat lead to the arrest of a 12-year-old.
Rumored school threats have been circulating at schools in California City, Lamont, Bakersfield, and Tehachapi. All stemming from social media posts that were later found to not be credible by law enforcement.
Except for criminal threats that led to an arrest of a Tehachapi middle schooler Wednesday.
“In our opinion, they’re all potentially credible,” said Chief Richard Standridge, with the Tehachapi Police Department. “So, they’ll all be treated the same.”
Chief Standridge says the 12-year-old student made several threatening posts on Snapchat with an airsoft gun that looked like a real handgun, telling students not to go to school.