BARNSTEAD, N.H. — A 61-year-old man is facing criminal charges for placing signs around several New Hampshire towns, including some that said “school shooter.”
Several schools initiated lockdowns, as a precaution, shortly after the signs were discovered on Friday morning.
The signs were found in Barnstead, Epsom, and Pittsfield.
“As a result of the investigation, it has been determined there is no credible threat to the communities or schools where the signs were located,” according to a statement from State Police.
Guy Hanson, of Pittsfield, was taken into custody Friday afternoon without incident on Interstate 89 South in Warner by New Hampshire State Police.
Hanson faces a felony charge of falsifying physical evidence and three misdemeanors, including False Report to Law Enforcement, False Public Alarm, and Criminal Threatening. No other suspects have been charged.
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