Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LA VERNE – A threat of violence overheard by several students was found to be not credible Monday, a La Verne middle school principal said.
The threat by a student was overheard by several other students of Ramona Middle School, 3490 Ramona Ave., after school ended August 30. School administration was made aware and the La Verne Police Department began investigating, according to Ramona Middle School Principal James Ellis. “The LVPD went to the student’s home to ensure there was no means to act on the threat and investigate the allegation. The threat was found to be non-credible,” Ellis said is a written statement. Ramona Middle School will be open today, August 31, and classes will be held as normal. La Verne Police officers will be present on campus before and after school out of an abundance of caution, Ellis said in a written statement. Former Univ. of La Verne Student Arrested, Accused of Criminal Threats Against Students, Campus3/9/2020 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LA VERNE - A former University of La Verne student who claimed to be one of the targets of threats against a student group was arrested and accused of making those threats herself. Anayeli DominguezPena, a 25-year-old Ontario woman, was officially charged with making criminal threats, perjury, Internet/electronic impersonation and six counts of filing a false police report, according to the La Verne Police Department. DominguezPena was charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office March 6. She was arrested March 9. Investigators said DominguezPena acted alone when she sent threats to the student group, the university and to herself. She was one of the student leaders of the targeted group. The initial threat occurred February 28, 2019 and nine additional threats followed. In the chaos and fear that followed these threats, University of La Verne administrators closed the campus for a day, La Verne Police said.
A fraternity and the fraternity’s president were made to look as if they generated the threats, which used the organization’s logo and identifiers of the group’s president, La Verne Police said. DominguezPena is the student who claimed a smoking backpack was found inside her parked vehicle and that she was attacked -- both incidents occurred on campus. DominguezPena is being held in lieu of $200,000, according to Los Angeles County booking records. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LA VERNE – Police and school officials believe there is no immediate threat to Bonita High School after a student made a threat over social media Wednesday. La Verne Police officers were notified of the threat after school hours January 23. The school resource officer initiated an investigation, which included contacting the student who issued the threats, according to the La Verne Police Department. The student’s home was searched. Police later determined that the student did not have the means to commit violence against the school, La Verne Police said.
“Based upon this collaborative effort with Bonita High School, as well as the cooperation with the responsible individual’s parents, La Verne Police Department no longer feels that a threat exists to the students or staff at Bonita High School,” La Verne Police said in a written statement. The student was found to suffer from a mental illness and was submitted to a mental health facility, La Verne Police said. |
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