Medical Lake student arrested for making alleged racist threats

School officials expell high school student

A 17-year-old Medical Lake High School student was arrested May 12 after school officials and a Spokane County Sheriff's deputy determined he had been threatening another male student with threats of harm that were racially motivated.

Deputy Brian Lawler said he was called last Thursday morning by vice principal Darlene Starr, who explained that she was “emergency expelling” the suspect for calling another male student a racially-derogative name.

She requested Lawler's assistance in removing the suspect from school property. The deputy responded to a...