Man Arrested for Threatening to Shoot, Blow Up School

Suffolk County police arrested a man after he threatened to cause mass harm at a school in Dix Hills.

Ryan Christopher called the Half Hollow Hills East High School, located at 50 Vanderbilt Parkway, on April 9 and threatened to shoot and blow up the school.
Second Precinct Crime Section officers arrested Christopher near his residence at approximately 3:40 p.m.

Christopher, 42, of 311 West Main Street. in Patchogue, was charged with making a threat of mass harm, a Class B Misdemeanor. He was scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on April 12.