Man armed with knife puts Evergreen Junior High School temporarily on lockdown
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Officials temporarily placed Evergreen Junior High School on lockdown Friday after a man armed with a knife allegedly tried to enter the building.
Caelus James Hattel, 19, of Kalispell faces a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge following the incident. Authorities said Hattel was foiled by the building’s locked doors when he tried to get inside about 11:54 a.m., April 8.
A Montana Highway Patrol trooper, working with the school resource officer, located and arrested Hattel shortly thereafter, according to a press release issued by the Flathead County Sheriff's Office.
Hattel was being held at the Flathead County Detention Center on a $285 bond as of Friday evening.
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