Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged a 17-year-old male juvenile with terroristic threatening in connection with a reported social media threat received by a Waiākea High School student.

On Wednesday, September 6, HPD received a call from a concerned parent reporting that their teen received a threatening message from an unknown person. During the course of their investigation, detectives were able to identify the social media application utilized to make the threat, which ultimately led to the identity of the responsible juvenile, who is a student at Hilo High School.

The juvenile was arrested at his residence in Hilo yesterday afternoon. He was charged with second-degree terroristic threatening.

After receiving the threat, police conducted a safety sweep of Waiākea High School and maintained a police presence on campus throughout the day. 
 
Police ask anyone who may have information regarding the above mentioned threat to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or contact Acting Detective Corey Kaneko of the Area I Juvenile Aide Section at (808) 961-8843, or via email at corey.kaneko@hawaiicounty.gov.