Teenagers arrested after threats at Visalia school, police say

VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A 13-year-old and a 12-year-old person been arrested and accused of making threats to a Visalia mediate school, the Visalia Police Department said.

Officers accidental their Youth Services Officers were informed of a rumor circulating connected societal media regarding a imaginable menace to Ridgeview Middle School.

During the investigation, constabulary accidental they interviewed a 12-year-old student. Upon searching the student's home, officers did not find immoderate weapons astatine the home. The probe confirmed determination was nary existent threat, but the 12-year-old was taken into custody and booked astatine the Tulare County Juvenile Facility for allegedly making the threat.

At the aforesaid time, detectives were besides informed that a 13-year-old pupil was rumored to person brought a firearm to schoolhouse and was showing it to different students.

Officers accidental the pupil was identified and located. Police confirmed that the pupil brought a BB weapon to school. The 13-year-old was subsequently arrested and booked astatine the Tulare County Juvenile Detention Facility connected suspicion of bringing a weapon/replica to school.

Police accidental each schoolhouse activities volition proceed arsenic accustomed for Wednesday, with accrued constabulary beingness connected campus.