ND man arrested for threatening middle school

FARGO (KFGO) – Law enforcement in Cass County, N.D., have arrested a man for making a shooting threat at Heritage Middle School in Horace.

On Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 7:53 a.m., the sheriff’s office received a tip from the FBI about a shooting threat at the middle school. 

A deputy who was in Horace at the time of the tip contacted the West Fargo School Resource Officer assigned to the middle school and informed them of the threat.

Deputies in the Horace area and the school resource officer immediately responded to the school to provide security. 

In addition to Horace Middle School, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office sent deputies to the other rural Cass County Schools as a precaution until the suspect was taken into custody.

Acting on the tip, 35-year-old James Donnelly was identified as the suspect.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office, working with area law enforcement, located Donnelly at a Fargo hotel and arrested him around 9:15 a.m. on an outstanding warrant not related to the threat. 

Donnelly was later charged with felony terrorizing. At the time of his arrest, he didn’t have any weapons with or on him.

Authorities also said Donnelly has no permanent address.

Story by Don Haney / KFGO

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