Texas teacher charged after alleged student assault 'hoax' causes lockdown

A Texas precocious schoolhouse teacher who triggered a field lockdown with a reported stabbing by a pupil was arrested aft investigators determined the full incidental was a hoax, authorities said.

More than 100 officers rushed to Splendora High School connected Thursday aft a teacher reported an exigency astir 8:45 a.m., the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said.

Authorities locked down the field arsenic schoolhouse assets officers moved to unafraid students and staff, the sheriff’s bureau said.

Investigators, however, said authorities rapidly determined determination was nary specified assault.

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Nicole Truelove, 53, was arrested and charged with felony tampering with grounds and mendacious report/false alarm. She has been booked into the Montgomery County Jail. (Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office)

"During the people of the investigation, it was determined that nary battle connected a teacher had been committed by a student," the sheriff’s bureau said. "Detectives discovered that the wounded sustained by the teacher was self-inflicted and the grounds supports that the full incidental was a hoax."

More than 100 officers responded to the schoolhouse earlier investigators learned the reported stabbing was a hoax, the sheriff's bureau said. (Google Maps)

The schoolhouse had told parents that constabulary were investigating a study of a "physical altercation" betwixt a pupil and a unit member, FOX26 Houston reported.

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Detectives with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office launched an probe wrong minutes, reviewing surveillance footage, interviewing witnesses and collecting grounds earlier concluding nary battle had occurred.

Authorities said the incidental was isolated and determination was nary ongoing menace to students oregon the public. (Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, File)

Truelove was arrested and charged with felony tampering with grounds and mendacious report/false alarm. She has been booked into the Montgomery County Jail.

A justice acceptable Truelove’s enslaved astatine $20,000 connected Friday. She volition beryllium required to taxable to GPS monitoring and enactment distant from each schools and Splendora schoolhouse territory properties if she is released connected bond, according to FOX26.

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Truelove worked astatine the schoolhouse for astir a year, the sheriff's bureau said.

Officials said the incidental was isolated and determination is nary ongoing menace to students oregon the public.