Protests against police brutality continue in Seattle
By Raymond Smith, Hawkeye Staff
June 4, 2020
Protests against police brutality and systemic racism erupted across the Seattle area over the past weekend. Cities in all 50 states have seen similar protests in response to the death of George Floyd, an African-American man killed by a police officer who knelt on his neck for over 8 minutes. Pr...
NYPD sued for racial discrimination
By Ben Hawkins, Hawkeye Staff
December 18, 2019
A lawsuit against the New York City Police Department has been filed by four black and Hispanic officers for actions taken between 2011 and 2015. Several officers came forward about their experiences within the department and with their commander, Constantin Tsachas. According to the filing, the officers ...
Trespasser prompts heightened security measures on campus
By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
March 25, 2015
New security measures have been implemented after a man trespassed on campus on March 18, according to Principal Greg Schwab. The man who trespassed was in his mid-30s and entered campus through the front doors before he walked down the HUB, Schwab said. Schwab said he followed the man down to...
Police arrest student in connection to December bomb threats
By Nick Fiorillo and Stephi Smith
January 15, 2015
Updated 1/15/15, 8:20 p.m. An MTHS student was arrested earlier today in connection to bomb threats phoned in to the attendance office on Dec. 4, according to Principal Greg Schwab. Mountlake Terrace Police Department (MLTPD) detectives arrested the student, who is a minor, in the main office, ...
Police find no explosive devices following two bomb threats
By Nick Fiorillo, Stephi Smith, and Paxtyn Merten
December 4, 2014
Police found no explosive devices after two bomb threats caused an evacuation of MTHS earlier this afternoon. Scheduled events for tonight will go on as planned, and school will take place as planned tomorrow, according to Assistant Principal Peter Schurke. The attendance office received two calls...
Police: two separate occasions of child luring reported in MLT
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
November 19, 2014
Two separate occasions of attempted child luring have police and school administrators on alert. According to police, on Oct. 23, a group of high school girls walking home were stopped on 236th St. and 48th Ave. by a someone described as an older white male with an Russian or European accent driving...
Student’s Honda Accord is second stolen from MTHS lot in three months
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
October 1, 2014
Junior Cody Bowman’s white Honda Accord was stolen from the MTHS parking lot on Sept. 21. This is the second instance that a Honda Accord has been stolen from the MTHS parking lot this year. Bowman was at the school about to leave for the annual ASB retreat when his car was stolen. When he returned ...
Memorial service to be held for Jackson
By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
March 30, 2014
Updated March 31, 10:33 a.m. A public memorial service will be held on April 7 for 2011 MTHS graduate Forest Jackson, who was killed at his residence in Mountlake Terrace on March 29. The service will be held at the 11 a.m. mass at St. Catherine of Sienna Catholic Church at 814 NE 85th St. in Seat...
Police respond to “nonspecific bomb threat,” find no credibile threat
By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
March 12, 2014
Police responded to a bomb threat earlier this morning after a student reported a threatening message scratched into a boys' bathroom stall. "This morning we had a student come in and report that there was some graffiti in a boys' restroom that had been scratched into one of the stalls," Principal...
Police activity sparks brief lockdown
By Will Khadivi
March 15, 2013
Police activity south of the MTHS campus sparked a brief lockdown during second period early Friday. According to The Hearld, police officers were searching for a suspect in a stolen vehicle case. The "soft lockdown," which was in place from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 9:05 a.m. prompted school...