Kyle Hendrickson, Threatening a School, New Hampshire 2023

Kyle Hendrickson, a 25-year-old man from Maine, has been federally charged with threatening Portsmouth High School in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announced.

The charges stem from a Snapchat video posted by Hendrickson on April 12, 2023, in which he brandished a handgun outside the school and threatened to 'shoot up the school.' School surveillance footage placed Hendrickson's vehicle outside the high school at the time of the video.

Hendrickson was arrested yesterday on state charges, and a subsequent search warrant of his vehicle yielded an AR-15 rifle, a shotgun, camouflage body armor, a handgun holster, a red-dot sight, and numerous rounds of ammunition. Investigators also recovered another shotgun inside a residence associated with Hendrickson and a handgun that resembles the one used in the Snapchat video from a motel where Hendrickson had stayed on April 12, 2023.

The charge of transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure the person of another provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

The investigation was led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Boston Division and the Portsmouth Police Department, with valuable assistance from the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Somersworth Police Department, the Portland (Maine) Police Department, and the Berwick (Maine) Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles L. Rombeau is prosecuting the case.

Hendrickson is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

The details contained in the charging documents are allegations, and it is essential to note that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The outcome of this case will be determined by a federal district court judge based on the evidence presented.

Concord, NH - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Hampshire has announced that a Maine man has been federally charged with threatening Portsmouth High School in New Hampshire.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/maine-man-charged-connection-portsmouth-school-threat