ROANOKE (WSLS 10) - Roanoke County police have charged a Northside High School student after threats triggered a lockdown at the school on Tuesday morning.
The student, who is a juvenile, is charged with one felony count of threats to commit serious bodily harm to persons on school property.
A threatening message was discovered on a social media account Tuesday morning, police were notified and began an investigation into the threat.
Students were asked to shelter-in-place while officers and police K-9s searched the inside of the school as well as the school grounds.
No legitimate threat was discovered.