Michigan Dad Threatens to ‘Air the Place Out’ at Elementary School Over Son’s Missed Snack Time

A Michigan father who threatened his son’s elementary school during a dispute over the child’s snack time in 2025 has now been sentenced.

Law&Crime reported Monday, September 28, that David Scott Jr., 44, was sentenced last week to one year of probation and 30 hours of community service.

He also received credit for 100 days already served in the Macomb County Jail.

In addition to probation and community service, Scott is required by law to complete an anger management program and pay $360 in court costs, according to the outlet.

In August, Scott pleaded no contest to one count of intentionally threatening violence against a school, school employees, or students, along with a disorderly conduct charge.

Prosecutors dismissed the remaining charges, including an ammunition-possession charge and a habitual-offender notice, as part of the plea agreement.

The confrontation happened at Pleasantview Elementary School in Eastpointe in October 2025, Law&Crime had reported at the time.

Authorities said Scott, a parent of a 1st grader, became riled up over concerns that his son had not been given enough time to eat a snack. Police clarified that none of the students in the class had received snack time that day, and his son had not been singled out.

Police told WXYZ that Scott was “screaming, cursing and threatening the teacher” in front of students, staff and other parents.

Investigators said he repeatedly threatened to return and “air the place out,” a phrase police interpreted as a threat to shoot at the school.

“There is absolutely no excuse for threatening violence against a school or its staff, especially over something as minor as a classroom snack,” Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido said at the time, according to the official release.

Scott was arrested within two hours. Police later found ammunition during a search of his home, according to Law&Crime.

His son’s mother, Tykeissia Watkins, told WXYZ that the boy had been coming home hungry for weeks and said Scott became frustrated after the issue continued. “His dad, of course, because it’s been ongoing, got upset,” she said. “I really think that it was blown completely out of proportion.”