UpdatedFri, Apr 9, 2021 at 9:00 pm ET
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Meadow Drive Elementary School was placed on lockdown after a man threatened to bring a shotgun to the school, a court record filed by Nassau County police shows. (Google Image)
ALBERTSON, NY A Long Island man threatened to bring a shotgun to an elementary school, prompting school officials to place the building on lockdown Thursday morning, a court record shows.
In a criminal complaint filed by Nassau County police, a detective attests that Goran Preda, 42, of Williston Park told an employee at Meadow Drive School in Albertson: How can you help me? How can you help me? I m going to come there. I m going to come there with a shotgun. The employee immediately became afraid for their safety, as well as the safety of the staff, and the safety of the children, the complaint reads.
Detectives: Williston Park man threatened violent act at Albertson school
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Apr 09, 2021, 5:46am EDT
A Williston Park man is accused of making threats that forced the lockdown of an elementary school in Albertson.
Detectives say Goran Preda, 42, was on the phone with school officials at Meadow Drive Elementary School in Albertson Thursday. That s when they say he threatened a violent act.
School officials immediately locked the school down and called 911. No one was hurt.
Preda was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat.