Juvenile arrested for alleged terrorist threats against school staff

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January 21st, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a 12-year-old juvenile was taken into custody at around 2:15-p.m., Monday, in Stanton, for alleged Terrorist Threats against staff at the Stanton Community Schools. Authorities say the juvenile was transported to the Southwest Iowa Juvenile Detention Center in Council Bluffs, after being booked into the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center. The Sheriff’s Office says “There was at no time any active danger to the students or staff,” in the Stanton School District.