(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports a student with the Sidney Community School District faces Threat of Terrorism charges following an incident that occurred Thursday afternoon. The Sheriff says at approximately 3-p.m., the Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer was alerted of threats made by a student towards other students at the Sidney Community School District.

Deputies learned a student made threatening statements indicating they had an explosive device and had threatened to harm a student. It is alleged the student also made statements to several other students indicating they had a firearm and threatened to harm classmates.

School officials immediately made contact with the student and simultaneously engaged their lock out procedure and the school safety plan was enacted. Law enforcement conducted a search and no suspicious devices or weapons were found.

The student was taken to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office and charged with two counts of Threats of Terrorism. The student is being held at the Juvenile Detention Center in Council Bluffs pending further court proceedings.