A man who pleaded guilty to threats of violence outside a St. Paul school, causing it to go into lockdown, was sentenced this week to three years of supervised probation.
Marcelo Rubio Loredo, 41, was accused of being outside Hmong College Prep Academy with a machete that he used to threaten staff members. He tried to get into the charter school at 1515 Brewster St., just east of Snelling Avenue, through a locked door in May 2024, according to a criminal complaint.
Loredo pleaded guilty to one count of felony threats of violence in reckless disregard of the risk and another count of the same charge was dismissed. The complaint said he raised the machete over his shoulder in a swinging manner, which a staff member took as a threat.
He told an investigator that he had left his job and was looking for something to eat. He said he had the machete because he was working on a yard, the charges say.
Ramsey County District Court Judge Sophia Vuelo sentenced Loredo on Tuesday to 91 days in custody, which he’s already served.
State sentencing guidelines recommended a one-year stayed sentence, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.
Loredo received a stay of imposition, which means the sentence will be reduced to a misdemeanor if he successfully completes probation and the sentence is not imposed due to a probation violation, the county attorney’s office said.
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