VILLAGE OF GOUVERNEUR SSE UANRENCE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OLNTONSTREET TELEPHONE 6-211 (ouvemneun Ny ‘ae code 318 6 a) 207 3500 MEMORANDUM March 7, 2018 To: ALL NEWS MEDIA FROM: —_Laurina M. Greenbill Chiet of Potice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. ‘The Gouverneur Police Department has arested a 21 year old Gouverneur man in ‘connection with the alleged schoo! threat reported on March 1, 2018 at the Gouverneur High School Jorden A. Whitton, 510 Sleepy Hollow Ra., Gouverneur, NY was arested at 10:00 am ‘today following an interview with police a part ofthe ongoing investigation. Whitton ‘was charged with one count FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT inthe first degree, ‘class D felony. Whitton, a GED student, was arraigned atthe Gouvemeur Town Court before Justice Travis Dann and ordered held atthe St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility in lew of $1,000 cash bail/ $2,000 bond, The investigation in his matter is stil open and ongoing, End.