After an FBI tip led to the arrest of a Tecumseh High School student over online threats and the district canceled classes Monday and Tuesday, Police Chief JR Kidney held a briefing to explain why county investigators took the lead, how a weekend search warrant produced the arrest, and what drove the decision to close campuses and increase police presence as schools target a Oct. 20 reopening.

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Why did the Pottawatomie County Sheriff lead the initial investigation?

Chief JR Kidney said the FBI forwarded a tip with only a county address, not a city location. The home sat where three school districts meet, so the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office opened the case, matched a bathr

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