ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. — An 18-year-old student was arraigned Monday on charges of threatening to commit a Columbine-style attack at a high school, authorities said.
The threat, stating that the attack would take place Monday at the school, was discovered last week on a men's restroom wall.
The threat referred to the 1999 attack at a Colorado high school where two students killed 12 classmates and one teacher before taking their own lives.
Only 40 percent of the nearly 1,800 students at Rochester High School in suburban Detroit showed up for classes Monday, despite additional security measures prompted by the alleged threat.
"We conducted searches of lockers and other security measures (Monday) and are happy to report no problems," Sheriff Michael Bouchard told The Detroit News.
The student, Daniel R. Davis Jr., was jailed on $100,000,000 bail. If convicted, he could face 2,000 years in prison.