Lew Port Superintendent hopes Town Hall forum will lend to community healing | wgrz.com

A disturbing incident with social media threats and racial undertones resulted in the arrest of two students. YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. — “On occasion over the years we’ve had issues and incidents like every other district. It’s just that this one was so over the top,” said Lewiston Porter School Superintendent Paul J. Cassari, regarding a recent incident that has thus far resulted in the arrest of two middle school students.  The pair face criminal charges of making a terroristic threat, menacing, aggravated harassment, and conspiracy in connection with a disturbing incident which may result in the suspension of other students as well. According to Cassari the threats were made through social media and involved the threatened use of firearms against individuals at the school. Though Cassari noted that police determined neither of those arrested had access to the type of arms they threatened to use, “the threat was really scary and quite dramatic in terms of the level of violence that this Snapchat group was going to perpetuate.” Over the Top Lewiston Porter is not alone among school districts where this type of thing has happened. However, it was also discovered that the threats were made through a fake Snapchat account,…
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