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After Hillsborough High Lockdown, Suspect Arrested

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By VALERIE KALFRIN | The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 22, 2008

  Frederick Jackson (2007 photo)

TAMPA - A 19-year-old man accused of threatening his 15-year-old girlfriend Wednesday morning has turned himself in to Tampa police, authorities say. Frederick Alex Jackson, of 5038 Temple Heights Road, Tampa, has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and taken to Orient Road Jail.

A modified lockdown went into effect at 7:20 a.m. Wednesday at Hillsborough High School, 5000 N. Central Ave., after the girl was threatened at a bus stop, Tampa police said. A modified lockdown means the school's doors are locked and outdoor activities are suspended, school district spokeswoman Linda Cobbe said. About 1,950 students attend the school.

Officers provided extra security for dismissal at 2:40 p.m., Cobbe said.

With Jackson's arrest it appears less likely that the modified lockdown will continue Thursday but extra security will remain at the school as a precaution, Cobbe said.

The 15-year-old told police that her boyfriend pulled out a gun at her bus stop about 6 a.m. and told her he was going to get her, either at the bus stop or the school.

Cobbe and police declined to say whether the girl had attended school after the threat.

In an unrelated incident, police say they charged 16-year-old Iesha Webb with a felony, making a false bomb threat to a school, after she called in a bomb threat from her cell phone while in class shortly before 8 a.m. She faces expulsion from Hillsborough High School, Cobbe said.

Reporter Ray Reyes contributed to this report. Reporter Valerie Kalfrin can be reached at vkalfrin@tampatrib.com or (813) 259-7800.

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