Hurst Police arrest man after threat made against HEB ISD elementary school
Charles Thomas (Source: Tarrant County Jail)
HURST, Texas - A man in Tarrant County has been charged with making a threat against Hurst Hills Elementary School.
HEB ISD Threat
The backstory:
HEB ISD discovered an "unsettling" post on social media involving Hurst Hills Elementary School.
District officials said once they caught wind of the threat, they immediately contacted the district’s security team and the Hurst Police Department.
Hurst police opened an investigation and pinpointed a person of interest. He was arrested over the weekend on unrelated charges.
There was added security at the school on Monday.
Threat prompts extra security at HEB ISD elementary school
There is increased security at an elementary school in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District after a threat was made over the weekend.
Terroristic Threat Arrest
On May 5, around 1 p.m., Hurst Police said Charles Thomas was officially charged with terroristic threat.
The unrelated charges he is being held on are evading arrest and resisting arrest.
He is being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a combined bond of $8,000.
What we know:
Police have not released details about the threat.
The Source: The information in this story comes from Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD district administrators and the Hurst Police Department. Bond and charge information is from Tarrant County Jail records.