Police in Santa Rosa on Monday morning arrested an apparently intoxicated 16-year-old male who allegedly threatened a Montgomery High student on his way to school, brandishing a knife.
Campus trespassing
According to a Santa Rosa Police Department public safety alert, on Monday morning shortly before 8 a.m., officers were dispatched to Montgomery High School to investigate a subject who had been trespassing on the campus. School staff said an unknown male was wearing a ski mask and checking door handles. As Montgomery High students arriving at school to start their day, the suspect asked several of them for their social media information before leaving campus prior to the arrival of officers. He could not be found in the neighborhood around the school, police said.
At around 8:40 a.m., Montgomery High staff called Santa Rosa police dispatch to report the suspect had returned and was escorted off campus by staff. After the suspect was removed from the campus, staff learned he may have been armed with a knife. Staff followed the suspect off campus and kept police apprised with the suspect’s location.