(Clarinda, Iowa) – Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports, late Wednesday evening, Clarinda Police were notified of a juvenile’s written threat of violence to the campus of the Clarinda Lutheran School. Brothers said the “Clarinda Lutheran School has cooperated fully with the Clarinda Police Department to address this threat and the juvenile involved is currently in the custody of police.

After a thorough investigation into the threat, as well as a search of the facility, we are confident there is no on-going threat to the Clarinda Lutheran School or the community. The investigation revealed this is an isolated event. The incident report and a complaint alleging juvenile delinquency have been forwarded to Page County Juvenile Court Services.”

All juveniles are presumed innocent under our system of criminal justice until adjudicated delinquent in a court of law.