ZEELAND, MI (WHTC) – Zeeland High School students at both East and West received a threat on Friday morning, September 16, at about 7:30 a.m.
The threat was communicated to several students via an instagram account. Ottawa County Sheriff’s Captain Mark Bennett says the threat was not specific, however it was concerning.
The students who received the threat notified school administration and the Ottawa County School Resource Deputy assigned to Zeeland Public Schools.
The two suspects who are students at Zeeland East High School a 16-year-old male and a 15-year-old male, were quickly identified. Both students were interviewed by school administrators and the Sheriff’s Office.
Both students admitted to making the threats claiming it was a joke. They were removed from school turned over to their parents.
Both students will be referred to Juvenile Court where they will face serious felony charges Bennett says.
