Idea Academy Student Arrested For Making Threats To Students, Staff

On Tuesday, November 7th, 2022 an Idea Academy school official contacted the Edinburg Police Department to report that a 16-year-old male student attending the Idea Academy, located in the 3300 block of E. Texas Road, made several verbal threats to staff and other students on November 4th, 2022 during school hours. 

A school employee and several students overheard the 16-year-old student make comments threatening to cause serious bodily injury to the staff and students attending the school.  

On November 8th, 2022, the 16-year-old student was taken into custody and transported to the Hidalgo County Juvenile Facility.  The teenager was charged with one count of third-degree felony Terroristic Threat.