Cieria Wynder's mugshot from a 2020 arrest (Credit: Upper Gwynedd Police)
Cieria Alexis Wynder, of the 400 block of East Main Street, is free on $150,000 unsecured bond
A Lansdale mother who threatened to shoot up North Penn High School had two felony counts of terrorism held for Montgomery County Common Pleas Court last month.
Cieria Alexis Wynder aka Cieria Parsons, 32, of the 400 block of East Main Street, Lansdale, was charged April 1 by Towamencin Township Police with terroristic threats causing a serious public inconvenience and terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another person, misdemeanor harassment and disorderly conduct, and summary disorderly conduct, for an incident that occurred the morning of April 1 at the school at 1340 Valley Forge Road.
Police were dispatched to the high school at 11:16 a.m. for a report of a female parent causing a disturbance at the front concourse of the school, according to the affidavit. The concourse is a large open area that leads to classrooms and main offices at the school.
While police were en route, Montgomery County dispatch advised police that the woman had made threats to shoot up the school, police allege.
Upon arrival, police met with security, who could not confirm if the woman, identified as Wynder, left school property. After a canvass of the school, it was determined Wynder had left the premises, police said.
Security officers relayed to police that, prior to their arrival, they were in the concourse area with another principal, when Wynder allegedly came out of the front office yelling and screaming. She was visibly upset, police said, and attempted to walk down a hallway, further into the school, but was stopped by security.
Security and school officials attempted to talk to Wynder about what she was upset about, but they were unsuccessful in de-escalating the situation and she continued to yell and scream in the presence of students and staff, police said.
Wynder was told to leave school property and she complied, police said. While exiting, three staff members heard Wydner allegedly say she was going to “come back and shoot up the school.”
Wynder was walking to the parking lot and staff members heard her allegedly say a second time, “I am coming back to shoot up this school.”
Security was so alarmed by Wynder’s statements that they called 911, according to the complaint.
Due to Wynder’s actions, administration placed the school into a lockout status at 11:28 a.m., preventing movement to and from classrooms, police said.
The lockout was lifted at 12:06 p.m. once it was confirmed that Wynder was at her home, police said.
Wynder is free on $150,000 unsecured bond and will be arraigned in county court on May 21. She is represented by defense attorney Frank Walsh of Audubon.
In 2022, Wynder was sentenced to one year probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor criminal mischief for allegedly pointing a gun in a friend's face and then smashing up a friend's vehicle with a bat after the two got into an argument over a social media post.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
