A police search of a Yuba City apartment complex this afternoon failed to locate a man wanted for allegedly making threats an attack on a school that "will make Virginia Tech look mild."
Police searched apartments on Queens Avenue, but didn't find Jeffery Thomas Carney, according to a story posted on the Appeal-Democrat's Web site.
As of 5 p.m., law enforcement officials were still looking for 28-year-old Carney, who is described as 6-foot-1, 190 pounds with brown eyes and short brown hair.
According to a Sutter County Sheriff's Department press release, Carney allegedly told his pastor in Yuba City and family members on Wednesday that he had an AK-47 assault rifle, improvised explosive devices and poison, and that he wanted to "commit suicide-by-cop." He made the Virginia Tech reference, but did not make specific threats against particular locations.
"He had some sort of explosive device and he was going to make the incident at Virginia Tech look mild by comparison," Sutter County Sheriff Jim Denney said, according to the Associated Press. "Our main emphasis, and I can't stress this enough, is to find this suspect." Authorities said Carney is homeless but previously lived in Yuba City. He was arrested in February and again April 4 on domestic violence allegations, Denney said.
Carney is reportedly a methamphetamine abuser, according to police. He is possibly under the influence and showing signs of meth psychosis.
A report from the Sutter County Sheriff's Department stated the man could be driving "a red boxy type mid 1990s Honda/Toyota type sedan with a black hood." The department later reported that Carney may be driving an older model aqua blue Ford Ranger pickup, according to a report from Sacramento radio station KFBK-AM 1530.
North state schools went on alert today after the Sutter County Sheriff's Department issued a notice for Carney. Gridley schools went into lockdown status at about 9 a.m. today as did schools in the Yuba City area. Other area schools, including those in Glenn County and in the Chico Unified School District, were on "high alert" but there was no lockdown as of 12:30 p.m.
Schools took added precautions as classes ended for the day. For example, officials in Superintendent Tom Pritchard's office at Live Oak Unified School District said no students will be allowed to walk home today. Students can either ride school buses, drive their own car or be picked up by a parent.
If they can't be picked, school staff will keep the students in the cafeteria until a parent can pick them up.
Butte County law enforcement officers have been advised to be on the lookout for the subject. Jones said Glenn County deputies are posted around all schools and local police have done the same.
"Everything that can or should be done has been done," he said. Jones said officials do not want to create a panic that will send concerned parents rushing to the schools.
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