Staff Reports
The Navajo Police responded to threats of a student bringing a gun to Thoreau High School Oct. 21.
Around 7 am, the Navajo Police Department’s Crownpoint District received a call reporting that a student made a threat to bring a gun to school. Another student who heard the threat reported the threat to their parents, who then notified the NPD.
Officers immediately began an investigation responding to Thoreau High School. The officers made contact with an 18-year-old and a 16-year-old, both Navajo.
During the NPD’s investigation, no weapons were located in the students’ posession nor on the school premises.
The students were arrested for Criminal Nuisance and Disorderly Conduct and booked into the Navajo Department of Corrections Crownpoint facility.
