WEST CHESTER TWP. — A Lakota West High School sophomore faces a Jan. 3 Butler County Juvenile Court hearing on an accusation that he threatened to kill his English teacher.

        The 16-year-old boy, whom the Enquirer is not identifying because of his age, was arrested Monday after the incident was reported to West Chester police.

        Police charged the teen with a delinquency count of aggravated menacing and released him to his parents. If committed by an adult, the offense would be a first-degree misdemeanor.

        School officials have suspended the youth for 10 days after the Dec. 14 incident at the school, said Jon Weidlich, spokesman for Lakota Local School District. Lakota West Principal Richard Hamilton is working with the boy's parents, Mr. Weidlich said.

        In a letter filed with police, teacher Penny Martin said the youth had disobeyed instructions to work on an assignment in the school's media center. He apparently became angry, Ms. Martin said, after learning that she intended to report him.

        “He started confronting me as to why I was going to turn him in .... He loudly announced he wanted to "kill me' and hoped other people would also kill me,” Ms. Martin's letter said.

        “He left the room without permission after his raging and slammed the door so hard I thought the glass in the door was going to break.”

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