NEW ORLEANS – An 18-year-old was arrested for allegedly making threats on social media against Martin Luther King Jr. High School, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
Detectives learned of a post on Instagram, a social media site, around 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Police say the post contained threatening content toward the staff and student body of the school, located at 5300 North Rocheblave Street.
Detectives were able to identify 18-year-old Janero Copelin as the individual who posted the threat. During an interview, it was learned that Copelin allegedly posted the message to intimidate a specific person who attended the school.
Copelin was arrested and booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center for terrorizing.
Anyone with additional information regarding this incident is asked to call NOPD Fifth District detectives at 504-658-6050.
