Jacob Hespeler student arrested in connection to school threat

Waterloo Regional Police have charged a female student after graffiti was found at Jacob Hespeler Secondary School in Cambridge earlier this week.

The message was found by students on a storage unit near the football field.

The message read “JHSS – school shooting April 6^th.”

The graffiti was then shared on social media leading concerned parents to contact the police.

Police arrested a female student Tuesday and she is now facing charges of mischief under $5000 and uttering threats to cause bodily harm or death.

This is the first arrest police have made in the school threat case happening across Waterloo Region.