Teen Arrested For Threatening High School Student

On September 4, 2024, the New York State Police responded to the residence of an Our Lady of Lourdes High School student for an anonymous terroristic statement made threatening to target the victim with a gun after school.

Our Lady of Lourdes High School had an increased police presence for the entirety of the investigation out of an abundance of caution.

Investigation by members of the SP Wappinger Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Troop K Cellular Analysis Response Team determined the terroristic threat was made by Jacob J. Leo, age 19, of Pleasant Valley, NY. Jacob Leo was never a student of Our Lady of Lourdes High School.

Leo was arrested for Making a Terroristic Threat, a class C felony, and arraigned before the Honorable Judge Raiche of the town of Fishkill Court. He was released to the supervision of the Dutchess County Probation Department and next scheduled to reappear before the court on September 30, 2024, at 3:00 p.m.