BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. – Provincial police have arrested and charged a 16-year-old boy after a threat was made via Twitter on Friday morning involving the Trillium Lakelands District School Board in central Ontario.
As a result, all Trillium Lakelands elementary and secondary schools in Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County, and Muskoka were put into a hold and secure state.
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The board says it had received a “significant” generalized threat and lifted the hold and secure covering about 50 schools after about two hours.
Police say the Gravenhurst teenager has been charged with uttering threats and mischief.
He cannot be named under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The OPP says the investigation continues.