North Carolina man phoned threat to Saucon Valley schools in response to After School Satan Club, officials say

A North Carolina man admitted to threatening Saucon Valley Middle School last week after learning about the school district’s decision to allow a controversial organization to use the building, officials say.

Ceu Uk, 20, was arrested Monday afternoon in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to the Northampton County district attorney’s office.

He’s accused of leaving a voicemail with the middle school, saying he was displeased with the decision to allow an After School Satan Club to use the building, and threatening to “come in there and shoot everybody,” the DA’s office said.

The threat forced the district to close all schools last Wednesday, a day after the threat was made.

Police tracked the phone number to Uk’s home in North Carolina. He initially denied leaving the message, then later confessed but said he didn’t mean it, according to a news release. He said he found out about the district’s decision to allow the club to use its building on Facebook.

Uk was being held on $75,000 bail on a count of making terroristic threats. He is awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania.

Saucon Valley Superintendent Jaime Vlasaty rescinded the decision to allow the After School Satan Club to use the school a few days after the threat, saying the club failed to meet all district requirements.

Earlier, she defended her decision to allow the club, which is unaffiliated with the district, to use facilities at the middle school. Vlasaty said the district legally could not discriminate against the Satanic Temple and Reason Alliance because the district has rented space to other third-party religious groups in the past.

District Attorney Terry Houck credited work by Lower Saucon Township police in their investigation with assistance from Charlotte-Mecklenburg police in North Carolina.

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