A Texas high school teacher is behind bars after authorities say she stabbed herself with a razor blade and set off a panic button
Teacher Stabs Herself, Blames Student.
A Texas high school teacher is behind bars after authorities say she stabbed herself with a razor blade and set off a panic button, making it look like a student had stabbed her and forcing the whole campus into lockdown.
Nicole Truelove, 53, who teaches social studies at Splendora High School outside Houston, allegedly did it Thursday morning, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.
She hid the blade in her shirt, hit the emergency button, and the report quickly spread that a student had attacked her in the chest.
The school went into full lockdown right away. It lasted nearly an hour while students ran to classrooms, lights went off, and some teachers stacked chairs against the doors to block anyone from getting in. Parents rushed to the campus in tears, worried sick about their kids.
Once police got there, they locked everything down and started checking things out. Surveillance video and interviews with students and staff showed no student was involved. Assistant Chief Rick Bass with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said the injury was self-inflicted and “evidence supports that this was a hoax.”
Truelove was arrested on the spot and charged with filing a false report and felony tampering with evidence. She’s being held on $20,000 bond and appeared in court Friday for a probable cause hearing. No students or staff were hurt.

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