Message on Bathroom Wall Prompts Rochester Student’s Arrest
(OCSO, June 7, 2024)
Rochester, MI – A 16-year-old Rochester High School student who wrote threatening graffiti on a bathroom wall hoping classes would be cancelled to avoid taking a test was arrested today.
The student, who is a sophomore, was taken to Oakland County Children’s Village today and is expected to be charged with threatening to commit an act of violence against a school.
“We have zero tolerance for anyone who makes threats against a school or any location,” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. “All threats will be investigated, and we will seek to hold the perpetrators fully accountable. A threat by itself terrorizes our community and is completely unacceptable. We are proud of the student that reported the threat, because students or school officials are more likely to see or hear a threat before us and looping us in is a critical component of getting in front of a threat or safety concern.”
School administrators were made aware by a student that a threatening message in the form of graffiti was discovered in the male bathroom Wednesday afternoon and alerted sheriff’s deputies.
The message read: “something bad [sic] gonna happen Friday” and “stay home Friday, sum [sic] bad gonna [sic] happen Friday.”
The school resource deputy working with school officials was able to identify and arrest the responsible person. The student admitted he wanted classes cancelled because he was not prepared for a test. Rochester Community Schools sent a letter to the families of the high school students which alerted them to the incident.
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