Kentucky Prosecutor Vows to Hold Culprits Accountable for Threatening Covington Catholic Teens

BY DEBRA HEINE JANUARY 23, 2019 CHAT 281 COMMENTS

Students arrive at Covington Catholic High School as classes resume following a closing due to security concerns the previous day, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in Park Hills, Ky. Local police authorities controlled access to the property at entrances and exits. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The investigations could take weeks or months, but Kenton County prosecutor Rob Sanders wants the culprits who made terroristic threats against Covington Catholic High School students held accountable. Sanders said Wednesday that his office has already issued grand jury subpoenas and is working on search warrants for detectives in other agencies.

The school was closed on Tuesday due to security concerns and reopened on Wednesday under close police supervision.

The students were accused of mocking Native American activist Nathan Phillips outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., after the March for Life on Friday, spurring a frenzy that resulted in threats coming from across the country by phone, email, and social media.

According to Fox19, "some of the social media threats to the school and students have been extreme. One person called to burn the school down and fire on the MAGA hat-wearing students on sight."

And on Wednesday afternoon, authorities responded to a report of a suspicious package outside the Diocese of Covington's Madison Avenue chancery. After police cleared the scene, investigators said they would continue to evaluate the threat. The package, which came in the mail, had nothing explosive inside, according to authorities.

“A lot of people are reaching out to us saying, ‘Why hasn’t anyone been arrested yet?’ It’s not a quick process,” Sanders explained.

He said he has over a dozen threats that he finds associated with a credible person and their intention to do the school or its students harm.
“I am confident that before this is all over some people are going to be held accountable for what they said," he said.

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