Union student threatened to get guns after caught cheating

A Union County High School student has been charged with threatening a public official after police said he told a teacher he would bring guns to school.

Austin Eugene Roark, 18, was charged after being caught cheating on a test, a Union Public Safety Department arrest warrant states.

The school’s resource officer talked to a teacher who caught Roark and another student cheating on a test on Feb. 22, according to an incident report.

When the teacher told Roark he would get a zero on the test, the student said he would be “coming with guns,” the report states.

Roark has been released from the Union County jail on bond.

This story was originally published February 27, 2017 at 6:39 PM with the headline "Union student threatened to get guns after caught cheating."