Man Charged Over Threats To SF Schools

San Francisco prosecutors said Friday that a 41-year-old man was charged with multiple felonies after what they described as a series of threats against two local schools over three days this week. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said Anatoly Smolkin was charged in connection with threats at an elementary school and a middle school, and prosecutors planned to seek his detention without bail. Court records cited by the district attorney say one school was placed on lockdown for several hours with children and teachers inside. The filing also says Smolkin threatened additional violence against city leaders while officers were arresting him. ### Who did prosecutors say was charged, and with what? Brooke Jenkins said May 15 that 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. The district attorney’s office said all six counts are felonies. (sfdistrictattorney.org) The district attorney’s office said it would also seek to revoke Smolkin’s felony probation. Prosecutors said the complaint alleges the conduct happened while he was on felony probation and after what they described as multiple prior serious felony convictions, including 10 prior convictions for making threats. (sfdistrictattorney.org) ### What do the court records say happened at the first school? May 11 is the date prosecutors said the first incident began. According to court records cited by the district attorney, the head of school saw a threatening post on one of the school’s social media accounts that prosecutors allege was posted by Smolkin. (sfdistrictattorney.org) The district attorney’s office said the school had previously reported two similar threats allegedly tied to Smolkin. Prosecutors said the head of school considered the new post credible because it named the school and described shooting people, and she asked for police coverage at the campus. (sfdistrictattorney.org) ### What happened at the second school? May 12 and May 13 are the dates prosecutors tied to the second school. The district attorney’s office said Smolkin allegedly entered the school parking lot on May 12, approached an adult and made what prosecutors described as grave threats against people inside the building. (sfdistrictattorney.org) The next morning, prosecutors said, he returned just before the start of school and made similar threats. The district attorney’s office said the school was then placed on lockdown for several hours while children and teachers remained inside, and San Francisco police used surveillance video to identify him. (sfdistrictattorney.org) ### What do prosecutors say he said during the arrest? San Francisco police located Smolkin at about 3:42 p.m. on May 13, according to the district attorney’s office. Prosecutors said that during the arrest he allegedly told officers that numerous city leaders would be shot if he was not released. (sfdistrictattorney.org) The district attorney’s statement did not identify the city leaders by name. The office said those alleged remarks were included in the criminal filing announced Friday. ### Was he already under court supervision? March 24, 2026, is the date prosecutors gave for Smolkin’s prior felony resisting-an-executive-officer conviction. (sfdistrictattorney.org) The district attorney’s office said the current allegations came less than two months after that conviction and while he remained on felony probation. The office said that probation status is one reason it planned to ask the court to keep him in custody pending trial. Prosecutors described him as a public safety risk in the charging announcement. ### What happens next in court? A May 15 arraignment was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the Hall of Justice, the district attorney’s office said. (sfdistrictattorney.org) San Francisco Superior Court says criminal cases in the city are heard at the Hall of Justice building at 850 Bryant St., though some matters are heard at other courthouses. San Francisco Unified School District’s website said the Board of Education was set to meet on May 19 at 6:30 p.m. The district attorney’s office said prosecutors would move to detain Smolkin pending trial and to revoke his probation as the case proceeds. (sfusd.edu) (sfdistrictattorney.org)