![]() ![]() “To our knowledge, there is no affiliation between Bellarmine College Prep and Eugene Thomas Jenkins,” Brian Adams, a vice president with Bellarmine College Preparatory, said in an email. Further information regarding those victims, such as how many were staffers or students, was not disclosed. He was being held in jail without the possibility of bail, according to inmate records.Īt least 14 victims have been identified during the course of the investigation, Braun said. He was booked into Orange County Jail on suspicion of criminal threats, a false report of a bomb, a false report of an emergency, threatening a public officer and making obscene or threatening phone calls, Braun said. Postal Service, and other threats included a false report of a possible shooter approaching the campus, a bomb threat and a phoned-in death threat. At least 10 death threats were sent as letters through the U.S. The threats included at least one targeting Laguna Hills High’s senior graduation ceremony last week, Braun said. How Jenkins was identified as the suspect was not disclosed. Jenkins is “apparently a fanatic of (Bellarmine Prep’s) sports teams,” Woodroof said. The threats, some of which were directed to the staff and specific student athletes on the football team, began surfacing after that game, sheriff’s Sgt. Laguna Hills’ varsity football team overcame a 20-point deficit to beat Bellarmine College Prepatory for the Class 3-A state championship, 28-27, on Dec. A Northern California man accused of sending numerous threats to Laguna Hills High School, its staff members and its students following a championship football game narrowly won over a team the suspect apparently followed has been arrested, authorities said on Monday, June 5.Įugene Thomas Jenkins, 29, of San Rafael began sending the threats in December following the championship game, said Carrie Braun, spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. ![]()
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