A Michigan father who threatened to shoot up his son’s elementary school after the boy didn’t get enough time to eat his snack will not serve additional time behind bars, a judge ruled last week.
Macomb County Circuit Judge Michael E. Servitto sentenced 44-year-old David Scott Jr. to one year of probation and 30 hours of community service for the incident, which prosecutors said left him “enraged.”
The sentence came after Scott pleaded no contest last month to a single count of making an intentional threat to commit an act of violence against a school, along with a disorderly person charge for obscene conduct, according to court records. Servitto also gave him credit for 100 days already spent in the Macomb County Jail.
As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop additional charges, including one for being a prohibited person in possession of a weapon or ammunition, as well as a fourth-offense habitual-offender notice that could have increased his exposure.
The case dates back to the afternoon of Oct. 3, 2025, when Scott drove to Pleasantview Elementary School in Eastpointe and confronted staff members because his child hadn’t received a snack during snack time, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office.
“He confronted the child’s teacher, made threats and said he would be back the next day,” the prosecutor’s office said at the time the charges were filed.
According to the Eastpointe Police Department, which spoke with Detroit ABC affiliate WXYZ, Scott was “screaming, cursing, and threatening” his son’s teacher in front of other students, staff and parents who happened to be at the school for pickup. Witnesses said he repeated more than once that he’d be back the following day to “air the place out” — a phrase police said is commonly used to describe shooting up a building.
Officers arrested Scott within a couple of hours of the confrontation. A search of his home afterward turned up several rounds of ammunition, which is what led to the separate weapons charge that was later dropped as part of his plea agreement.
Speaking to WXYZ before the case concluded, the boy’s mother defended Scott to some extent, saying that although his reaction was over the top, their son had reportedly been coming home hungry from school for weeks.
“His dad, of course, because it’s been ongoing, got upset,” she told the station. “I really think that it was blown completely out of proportion.”
Scott had been set to stand trial in August, but that proceeding was called off once he agreed to the plea deal with prosecutors.
Along with probation and community service, his sentence requires him to complete an anger management program and pay $360 in court costs.
