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Northwest Tech locked down after Ogdensburg man posts online threats to physically harm male student

Posted 12/17/14

OGDENSBURG -- Following a brief lockdown at BOCES Northwest Technical Center today, an Ogdensburg man was jailed for allegedly making threats to a fellow student, according to state police. Taylor A. …

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Northwest Tech locked down after Ogdensburg man posts online threats to physically harm male student

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OGDENSBURG -- Following a brief lockdown at BOCES Northwest Technical Center today, an Ogdensburg man was jailed for allegedly making threats to a fellow student, according to state police.

Taylor A. McGaw, 19, of 244 Belmont Courts is charged with one misdemeanor count of aggravated harassment. He is being held in the St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility, Canton, in lieu of $5,000 bail.

Police said McGaw made posts on social media threatening “physical harm to an 18-year-old male in addition to referencing death.”

He made a post threatening to kill anyone who harmed a 17-year-old female that police didn’t identify, in addition to posting a picture of himself brandishing a handgun. Police said the gun later turned out to be an inoperable .177 bb/pellet air pistol.

The male that McGaw allegedly threatened told BOCES school principal Jane Akins about the threats and she called the police and ordered a lockdown.

McGaw voluntarily surrendered the gun after being arrested, police said.

He was arraigned in Morristown Town Court, jailed and ordered to return on Jan. 5 at 1 p.m.

The court ordered the alleged victim placed under an order of protection, police said.