Kentwood middle school ‘swatted' with false threat, student identified as culprit

KENTWOOD, MI -- A Kentwood Schools student has been identified as the person who 'swatted' a district middle school by making a false threat to a n...

February 18, 2023
1:50 AM

KENTWOOD, MI -- A Kentwood Schools student has been identified as the person who 'swatted' a district middle school by making a false threat to a national crisis hotline. Kentwood police on Monday, Feb. 13 said staff with a national crisis hotline called them at 12:12 p.m. to report a possible threat against Valleywood Middle School. Police were told that an individual had made a threat to do acts of violence at the school. Police and Kentwood Schools officials soon determined the threat was not credible and was made by a Kentwood student.

John Tunison