Arrest made after alleged gun threat over enrollment time at Samuel S. Gaines Academy

ST. LUCIE COUNTY — A 34-year-old man accused Tuesday of threatening to bring a gun to school to get faster enrollment service for his child was arrested on a felony charge, an affidavit states.

Ryan Adam Winterbottom, of the 5100 block of Northwest Aljo Circle in Port St. Lucie, was arrested shortly after noon Tuesday on a threat to bomb charge by St. Lucie County sheriff’s investigators.

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Sheriff’s officials about 10 a.m. Tuesday went to Samuel S. Gaines Academy K-8 in the 2200 block of South Jenkins Road in Fort Pierce after a “school threat.”

A school security officer reported he was told Winterbottom called and inquired about the wait time to enroll his child. School in St. Lucie County starts Aug. 12.

The officer was told he “became irate on the phone and started making threats about going home and grabbing a gun and returning to the school,” the affidavit states.

One person reported telling Winterbottom the wait time for enrollment was about 50 minutes to an hour.

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“Ryan then made statements saying he would not wait that long to enroll his child and said what would he have to do, go home grab a gun and come in to get faster service,” the affidavit states.

Investigators spoke with Winterbottom, but the substance of the conversation was redacted from the arrest report.

Winterbottom was released Tuesday from the St. Lucie County jail on $15,000 bond, a jail official said.