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Texas Teacher's Hoax Lockdown Sparks Felony Charges
10 Apr
Summary
- Teacher allegedly self-inflicted a wound to stage an attack.
- Splendora High School experienced a lockdown due to the incident.
- The teacher faces felony charges for filing a false report.
A teacher at Splendora High School, Nicole Truelove, has been arrested on felony charges after allegedly staging a stabbing incident on campus. The 53-year-old educator purportedly cut herself with a razor and then activated a panic alarm, falsely claiming a student had attacked her. This incident on Thursday, April 9, initiated a lockdown at the school, causing significant fear among students and parents.
Authorities confirmed that the wound was self-inflicted and no students were injured. Truelove was taken into custody and charged with felony tampering with evidence and filing a false report. The sheriff's office stated that evidence strongly supports the conclusion that the event was a hoax. The school was placed on a "secure hold" for over an hour as the investigation unfolded, with classes continuing in classrooms.
This is not Truelove's first legal entanglement; she was previously involved in a settled federal lawsuit claiming sexual assault by an inmate while she was a teacher in a state prison facility. Details regarding her motive for the recent incident and legal representation remain undisclosed.
