A 59-year-old man was arrested for a series of threatening phone calls made to staff at a private school in the 100 block of North 79th Street Tuesday morning.
On June 17 at about 9:37 a.m., staff members called 911 to report that a man they knew had made repeated aggressive and alarming statements over the phone.
Officers arrived and spoke with school administrators who said the suspect had contacted them multiple times over the past two days using hostile language and expressing anger over past events involving his family. Staff members became increasingly concerned for their safety and the safety of others on campus.
The suspect also reportedly contacted another facility in Shoreline and made similarly concerning statements directed at the staff.
Due to the escalating nature of the behavior and the threatening tone of the calls, officers developed probable cause for felony harassment.
SWAT officers located and arrested the man at a residence in the 18800 block of 8th Avenue Northwest in Edmonds later that day. The man was booked into King County Jail for investigation of felony harassment.
Detectives from the Homicide and Assault Unit are leading the investigation.
Incident Number: 2025-167317