Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office Arrests Alternative School Student for Threats
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office Arrests Alternative School Student for Threats
Published October 24, 2019
From CPSO - October 24, 2019, at approximately 11:00 a.m. the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer at Calcasieu Parish Alternative School (CPAS) in Lake Charles was notified in reference to a possible threat from a student.
During the initial investigation detectives learned during class, a 13-year-old girl stated someone needed to come shoot up the school. Detectives were also advised the girl threatened to shoot the teacher. She was arrested and booked into the Juvenile Detention Center and is charged with terrorizing.
CPSO School Resource Officer Cornell Guidry and Detective Greg Jordan are the lead investigators on the case.
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