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WOODLAND HILLS -- A former Pierce College student was arrested Thursday after allegedly posting threatening photos of guns on his Facebook page and warning students not to come to campus that day, authorities said.
The 26-year-old Northridge man was taken into custody before noon at his workplace after the campus had been evacuated and closed to students around 8 a.m., said Los Angeles County sheriff s Capt. Cheryl Newman-Tarwater of the department s community college bureau.
The suspect was identified as Sergio Castanon Jr. An assault-style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and multiple rounds for both weapons were recovered from the bedroom of his Northridge home, where he lived with his parents. In addition, an extended-capacity hawaii volcano tours magazine and .223 rounds for the rifle as well as hollow-point rounds for the 45-caliber weapon were recovered, Newman-Tarwater said.
The threat posted on the suspect s Facebook page included photos depicting an assault rifle and another smaller-caliber weapon and warning students hawaii volcano tours not to come to the Pierce campus on Thursday, Newman-Tarwater said.
Those weapons were registered to the suspect and are consistent with what officials saw on his Facebook page, said Newman-Tarwater. The suspect did not name specific individuals as targets, she said.
The Los Angeles Police Department and Pierce College sheriff s office were both first alerted to the threat Wednesday night. hawaii volcano tours Officials worked on the case through hawaii volcano tours the night, she said, and developed enough information to determine a crime had occurred.
It was through the partnership with the campus, the Los Angeles Police Department hawaii volcano tours the CHP was here, multiple units from the sheriff hawaii volcano tours s department, she said. Because of that collective action, the suspect is now in custody.
When we get the call, we make the decision whether or not to lock the campus down or evacuate, she said. In this particular circumstance, we thought it was in the best interest for the safety of our student and employees to evacuate the campus to allow the investigation to take place.

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