Teen in UK Arrested for Threats towards Orion, Brandon, Oxford and Cranbrook Schools
(Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, April 21, 2022)
Oakland County, MI – A 16-year-old boy from the United Kingdom was arrested at his home five days after threatening to cause violence at Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, as well high schools in Brandon, Lake Orion, and Oxford.
The teen made the threats on April 8, targeting the schools. Sheriff Michael Bouchard said at the time the threats were received that the Sheriff’s Office would use all available resources to investigate threats against any school, business, or house of worship.
The teen was arrested April 13.
“As I said at the time, we were going to be aggressive to hold perpetrators accountable,” Bouchard said. “In conjunction with our law enforcement partners and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and police officials from the United Kingdom, that has in fact occurred and a suspect has been arrested. Let this serve as a message to anyone who would threaten our schools or any other institution in Oakland County. We will come for you.”
The arrest was the culmination of an exhaustive investigation from the Sheriff’s Office, the Bloomfield Hills Department of Public Safety, and 14 other agencies nationwide, including Homeland Security and police in the United Kingdom. Besides the Oakland County cases, 37 other businesses and schools across the United States received threats linked to the suspect.
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