James Crumbley has jail communication privileges restricted after 'threatening statements'
James Crumbley, the father of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, has had his jail phone rights limited “due to threatening statements,” officials said.
PONTIAC, Mich. — The father of the teenager who fatally shot four students at his Michigan high school had his jail communication privileges limited because he made "threatening statements," authorities said Thursday.
James Crumbley, 47, is on trial for involuntary manslaughter in connection with the killings his son carried out at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit in 2021.
Crumbley's jail phone and electronic messages have "been limited due to threatening statements he made while on the phone and in electronic messages," the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said. A spokesperson did not provide more details about whom the alleged statements were made toward.
A court order signed Thursday by the judge overseeing his trial stipulates that Crumbley's communications are now revoked, except for with his lawyer or legitimate clergy or for using his tablet for research.
Ethan Crumbley, then 15, opened fire on Nov. 30, 2021, with a 9 mm handgun that his father bought four days earlier.
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