Man Charged for SF School Threats

San Francisco prosecutors charged a 41-year-old man on May 15 with multiple felonies after a series of alleged threats against two city schools, according to the district attorney's office. Anatoly Smolkin is accused of posting a threatening message on one school's social media account, confronting an adult in another school's parking lot and returning the next morning with similar threats. Prosecutors said one school sought police coverage and another was locked down for several hours with children and teachers inside. During his arrest on May 13, Smolkin allegedly told officers that city leaders would be shot if he was not released, court records cited by prosecutors show. ### Which charges did prosecutors file? The San Francisco District Attorney's Office said Smolkin was charged with two counts of making threats of violence at a sensitive location, two counts of making criminal threats and two counts of resisting an executive officer. All six counts are felonies, the office said. (sfdistrictattorney.org) District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a May 15 release that her office would seek to detain Smolkin without bail pending trial because of what prosecutors described as a public safety risk. The office also said it would move to revoke his felony probation. ### What do prosecutors say happened at the schools? (sfdistrictattorney.org) Court records cited by prosecutors say the first reported incident was on May 11, when the head of one school saw a threatening post on a school social media account allegedly made by Smolkin. The district attorney's office said the school had previously reported two similar threats allegedly from him, and that the latest message named the school and described shooting people. On May 12, according to prosecutors, Smolkin allegedly went to a different school, approached an adult in the parking lot and made threats against people inside the building. The next morning, just before the start of school on May 13, he allegedly returned and made similar threats, the district attorney's office said. Prosecutors said the school then went into lockdown for several hours. (sfdistrictattorney.org) ### How did police identify and arrest him? San Francisco police obtained surveillance video from the second school's property and recognized Smolkin, according to the district attorney's office. KRON reported, citing court documents, that officers arrested him at about 3:42 p.m. on May 13. During that arrest, prosecutors said, Smolkin allegedly told officers that "numerous city leaders" would be shot if he was not released. (sfdistrictattorney.org) The district attorney's office included that allegation in its account of the case. ### What do the records say about his prior cases? The district attorney's office said the complaint alleges Smolkin committed the new offenses while on felony probation. (sfdistrictattorney.org) Prosecutors said he had previously been convicted of multiple serious felonies charged as prior strikes and had 10 prior convictions for making threats. March 24, 2026, is the date prosecutors gave for Smolkin's most recent prior conviction, for felony resisting an executive officer. The office said that conviction came less than two months before the alleged school threats. ### What happens next in court? May 15 at 1:30 p.m. was the scheduled arraignment time listed by the district attorney's office for Smolkin at San Francisco's Hall of Justice. (sfdistrictattorney.org) Prosecutors said they would ask the court to hold him pending trial without bail and to revoke his felony probation. The investigation remains ongoing, KRON reported, and police asked anyone with information to contact the San Francisco Police Department tip line or send a text tip beginning with SFPD. (sfdistrictattorney.org) (kron4.com)