UPDATE: Hold And Secure Lifted Following Online Threat To Trillium Lakelands District School Board

Charges laid against 16 year old

SATURDAY

The 16 year old Gravenhurst boy arrested yesterday in connection with a threat on Twitter directed at schools in Muskoka and Kawartha Lakes has been charged with Mischief and Uttering Threats. Police have not said what the threat was. It resulted in a brief Hold and Secure at all schools in the two regions.

FRIDAY

A hold and secure has been lifted at all Trillium Lakelands District School Board schools today, after the board says it received a generalized threat. The OPP say a 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a threat made via social media. Trillium Lakelands handles public schools in Muskoka and Kawartha Lakes, while a hold and secure is there to ensure schools are locked, while students are carrying on their day as usual.