Covington Police have charged a man with terroristic threatening in relation to a social media threat to blow up Holmes High School that prompted the closing of city schools Friday.
Early Friday morning, Covington Police were made aware of the threat to “blow up” Holmes High School.
A report was taken from officials of the Covington Independent School System and the case was immediately assigned to detectives from the police department’s Criminal Investigations Bureau.
Through the course of the investigation, a suspect was developed, located and interviewed.
Police say the suspect, 18 year old Carlos “Mikey” Vanderpool, confessed to the crime and has been charged with Terroristic Threatening 1st Degree, a Class C Felony and lodged in to the Kenton County Detention Center.
Activities scheduled for this weekend at Covington schools will not be impacted. Covington Independent Public Schools released the following statement Friday afternoon:
After a comprehensive and thorough search of the Holmes campus, nothing out of the ordinary was found and normal activities have resumed.
The girls basketball game scheduled for tonight between Holmes and Ryle will take place as scheduled starting at 6 p.m. Saturday activities such as ACT testing, middle school and elementary basketball games and Saturday school will continue as scheduled as well.
We are grateful for the support of several regional law enforcement agencies that provided personnel and bomb-sniffing dogs to conduct the search. Kenton County Emergency Management, Covington Police, Kenton County Sheriff’s Office, and dogs from Northern Kentucky University Police, University of Cincinnati Police and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office searched the entire campus and nothing was found.
Covington Police Department and Covington Independent Public Schools