STUDENT ARRESTED AFTER THREAT LEADS TO HIGH SCHOOL’S EARLY DISMISSAL

A 14-year-old Ridgefield High School student has been arrested following a school shooting threat that led the school to dismiss its students early Thursday.

The student, whose name is not being released because he or she is a minor, was charged with threatening in the first degree and breach of peace in the second degree.

An image that was taken from inside the girls bathroom at the school shows a written message that appears to read, “FIRST SHOT AT 10 ... GET READY RHS 5/30/19.”

According to Capt. Shawn Platt, a Ridgefield High teacher informed a school resource officer of a written threat in the girls bathroom at 9 a.m. Students were dismissed a half-hour later.

“The threat referenced a firearm and was written in a women’s bathroom,” Capt. Platt said.

He said the Ridgefield Police Department was given assistance from the New York State Police K9 Unit, which conducted a sweep of the high school.

Ridgefield police said that the 14-year-old is scheduled to appear June 10 in Juvenile Court in Bridgeport.