(Radio Iowa) – Webster City Police charged 14-year-old with a threat of terrorism and turned the teen over to juvenile authorities after an alleged threat Tuesday. Officers were notified of an incident involving possible threats of violence made toward the Webster City School District.

Webster City Police Chief Shiloh Mork said that a juvenile student had made comments and attempted to recruit at least one other juvenile to engage in an act of violence at one of the school district buildings today (Wednesday) which was a staff in-service day.

Numerous interviews were conducted resulting in a search warrant being executed at the juvenile’s Webster City residence. The juvenile was referred to juvenile court on the terrorism charge.