Arrested Student Threatened To Bring Gun To Bergen HS Sports Practice: Prosecutor

RAMSEY, NJ — An 18-year-old man has been charged with making terroristic threats against a Bergen County high school, prosecutor Mark Musella said.

Luke Natoli, of Ramsey, was arrested Tuesday in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Musella said. Natoli faces charges of second-degree false public alarm, third-degree terroristic threats, and harassment, which is a disorderly persons offense, according to Musella.

Natoli is a student, Musella said; it is not clear if he is in high school or college.

Montvale Police alerted Musella's office that "an unknown telephone caller using technology to anonymize his calling line identity ('caller ID') placed a telephone call to a Bergen County high school official claiming that he was going to bring a gun to a sport’s practice that afternoon," Musella said.

"First responders and school officials took measures to ensure the safety of the campus while members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit and the Montvale Police Department initiated an investigation to trace the call," Musella said.

Detectives determined Natoli "placed the alarming telephone call, which was a hoax threat," Musella said. Detectives found Natoli in Poughkeepsie on Tuesday and arrested him, according to Musella. He is being held in Dutchess County, N.Y. jail until he will be extradited to Bergen County, Musella said.