3 arrested in 2 Texas school threats
SAN ANTONIO --Police have arrested three people in two separate incidents of alleged threats of violence at schools.
A 46-year-old man was arrested before class Monday outside St. Matthew Catholic School with a gun, a baseball bat and a knife, police said. Days earlier, two teenagers were arrested and accused of planning a plot resembling the 1999 attack at Colorado's Columbine High at a high school in nearby Boerne.
On Monday, a parent told a Bexar County deputy that a man standing near a group of students at an athletic field had told him he had a gun, the San Antonio Express-News reported Tuesday.
According to a police report, when officers approached him, Anthony Fermin Sarabia held a bat over his head and advanced toward them. An officer fired a Taser when the man allegedly reached for a gun.
Sarabia was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm, and bail was set at $150,000. Police said he had a knife and at least four other knives were found in his car.
In Boerne, authorities said teens tipped off police last week about the alleged plot at Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School.
Police said a text message that 18-year-old Allen W. Doelitsch Jr. sent to a 14-year-old suspect read: "Ya I know I hate life now I just wana kill people at Champion high school and then blo my own head off." Police said the 14-year-old allegedly told Doelitsch: "I'm down for columbine."
Kendall County Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Joanne Bradley said a stolen handgun was recently found in the younger suspect's home.
Doelitsch was charged Friday with criminal solicitation of a minor to commit capital murder, and his bail was set at $500,000. Boerne Police Chief Gary Miller said the juvenile had not been charged but was being held on a probation violation.
The Kendall County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that Doelitsch did not yet have an attorney to speak for him.
It wasn't clear whether Sarabia had an attorney. 