Cops: Lexington student broke in bus driver’s home, made school threat on her computer
A Gilbert High School student is charged with burglary and threatening a school after he broke into a bus driver’s home and used her Facebook account to post a message against the school, according to authorities.
Lexington County Sheriff’s Department announced the charges against the 17-year-old male student Tuesday evening. The suspect is not identified because he’s a juvenile.
Friday, a bus driver for Lexington District 1 was on Facebook and found the account of another bus driver that included a shooting threat against Gilbert High School, according to the district and Capt. Adam Myrick of the sheriff’s department She informed her supervisor of the post.
The bus driver whose Facebook account included the threat was placed on administrative leave while authorities investigated. The district’s statement said the driver told investigators she never made the threat and thought her account was hacked.
The district called deputies about the threat.
Monday afternoon, the bus driver came home and saw a person run out her back door and drive away in a truck, Sheriff Jay Koon said in a statement.
A deputy saw the truck on Hayride Road, pulled the 17-year-old driver over, and questioned him.
The driver “waived his Miranda rights” and told the deputy he broke into the woman’s house and used her Facebook account, Koon said. “He told the deputy he’d done the same thing last week to make a threat against Gilbert High School.”
The student was charged with two counts of burglary along with the threatening school offense. Police arrested him and jailed him at the Department of Juvenile Justice. He’s scheduled for a Wednesday court hearing.
“The bus driver did nothing wrong and has been reinstated,” the district said.
This story was originally published February 25, 2020 at 5:42 PM.