North East Independent School District officials confirmed Tuesday that Sgt. George Teniente, Det. Leticia Sanchez and Officer Michael Luna each received a three-day suspension and a reprimand for their roles in the response to a threat against a local school. Service records show that on Sept. 24, Sgt. Moses Suarez and Sgt. Reyes Bermea separated from the district's police department. The district has not released details of their infractions.
The actions follow the arrest of Nathaniel Michael Carrasco, 22, on a charge of terroristic threat causing public fear of serious bodily injury, a third-degree felony, according to an arrest affidavit. The affidavit says the FBI National Threat Operations Section alerted local law enforcement on Aug. 28 about threatening queries made during an AI chat on Aug. 11. Investigators said Carrasco used Anthropic AI to express intent to obtain a firearm and carry out a shooting targeting students at Serna Elementary School.
Serna Elementary Principal Jennifer Lomas said the school was not told about the specific threat until Sunday evening, when news coverage made it public. She said Carrasco was arrested Sunday. Law enforcement and district officials are working to determine why the school received only partial information about the threat.