MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — A Middletown woman was arrested Friday in connection with alleged threats made to Highview Sixth Grade Center.
Police said Cassandra Jennings is charged with inducing panic, aggravated menacing and making false claims after sending e-mail threats to the school using both her own and her ex-boyfriend's e-mail accounts.
Middletown police said they originally took her ex-boyfriend Kip Hightower into custody, but upon further investigation learned he was not involved in making the threats.
Students were sent home during the investigation into the threats, district spokesperson Dan Wohler said. During the investigation, Highview Street was operated as a one-way as parents picked up their students.
Originally, police said they had been "dealing with (Hightower) all week and it escalated to threat." It's unclear what Hightower had done before the threats were made.
