BHS employee arrested in connection with gun scare

Published 10:55 am Friday, April 15, 2016

An employee at Bainbridge High School who works in security has been arrested in connection with the 911 gun scare at BHS earlier this week.

Officials with the Bainbridge Island School District announced Friday that Michael Alexander Krysinski, 50, was arrested in connection with the incident. He was booked into Kitsap County Jail just after 6:30 p.m. Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of false reporting.

Bail was set at $5,000. He remained in jail early Friday.

District officials also said Krysinski — who works in building and property security — has been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation.

BHS was put on lockdown for approximately 30 minutes — along with nearby Commodore Options and Ordway Elementary schools — Wednesday after 911 dispatchers received an anonymous hang-up call that claimed a student with a gun had entered the high school cafeteria.

The call, which Bainbridge police determined came from within the BHS campus, prompted a massive response of island and off-island police units to the high school.

No gun or suspect was found, and the lockdown was lifted shorty after noon April 13.

District officials said Friday they are appreciative of the support and swift action of Bainbridge police and will work closely with the police department as the investigation continues.