A Cincinnati man has been charged with five felonies: Inducing Panic (Felony of the 2nd Degree), two counts of Disrupting Public Services (Felonies of the 4th Degree), and two counts of Violating a Protection Order (Felonies of the 3rd Degree).
Clermont County Prosecuting Attorney Mark J. Tekulve announced that on May 16, Timothy Longar, age 43, was indicted.
Longar is said to have posted a series of messages on social media that caused alarm to Loveland’s St. Columban School Community, prompting the administration to close the school on May 7.
There is an active Civil Protection Order against Longar on behalf of the school and some of its administration specifically.
A press release from Tekulve’s office explained that one of the conditions in the protection order is that Longar is not to post messages on social media about the protected parties.
The messages named some of the protected parties, and they were also “disturbing, violent, and threatening.”
The messages caused several parents to contact the school to alert the administration. St. Columban School canceled classes out of fear that Defendant would come to the school and cause harm and Loveland Police responded to the school to investigate the threats, according to the press release.
The Court maintained the bond at two million dollars with conditions that Longar was not to have weapons, contact anyone at St. Columban School or Parish, or have access to electronics, social media, or the internet.
Tekulve was quoted as saying, “The safety of the students and faculty in our community is of the utmost importance.”