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Student arrested after alleged threats against Union Mine High School staff member

By Cathy Locke

March 12, 2018 04:28 PM

An El Dorado County high school student has been arrested after allegedly making threats against a staff member at Union Mind High School.

The student, a juvenile who has not been named, was arrested Monday on suspicion of making criminal threats and booked into El Dorado County Juvenile Hall, according to a Sheriff's Office news release. The high school is in the community of El Dorado, south of Placerville.

Sheriff's officials recently received a report from Union Mine High School administrators regarding a threat against a staff member. After speaking with deputies, the student was immediately removed from the campus, the news release said.

Detectives conducted an investigation and a warrant was issued for the student's arrest.

"Currently, there are no other known or credible threats to Union Mine High School or any other schools," the news release said.

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