According to police, a New Jersey preschool teacher was just arrested for threatening to shoot up the school. On Friday, Gina Schroeder, 38 of Nutley allegedly made the threat at The Goddard School in Elmwood Park where she is the lead teacher in the infant classroom. Schroeder allegedly said, “One day I’m gonna come here and shoot it up.”
A staff member also told police that Schroeder said that she owned guns. Officers from the Nutley Police Department later searched her home and seized three (3) guns which were legally owned. The 38 year-old was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats, and illegal possession of prescription drugs. Schroeder was lodged in the Bergen County Jail where she remained until Wednesday. Click here to read more at www.nj.com.
A conviction for Terroristic Threats in New Jersey can have potentially serious consequences. It is a crime of the third degree which is punishable by up to 5 years in New Jersey State Prison. A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he threatens to commit any crime of violence with the purpose to terrorize another or to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation, or to cause serious public inconvenience, or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience, and; A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he threatens to kill another with the purpose to put him in imminent fear of death under circumstances reasonably causing the victim to believe the immediacy of the threat and the likelihood that it will be carried out.
Especially given the potential prison sentence, it is essential that you seek an attorney to help guide you through the legal process. Criminal Defense Lawyer, Alissa D. Hascup is skilled and experienced in representing many individuals charged with Terroristic Threats, and she is committed to getting the best possible result for you in Court. Don’t risk your freedom! Contact her office for a free consultation about your case. She is available 24/7 at 862-257-1200.
