SKOWHEGAN — A threat made on social media and directed at a Skowhegan charter school student put all schools in the area on lock-out for about an hour Thursday morning, according to police.

A 16-year-old male who was believed to have made the threat was located in Albion about an hour after it was reported, and the lock-out was lifted, according to Chief David Bucknam of the Skowhegan Police Department.

When a school is placed on lock-out, inside activities continue as planned, but outside activities are suspended, according to information that Maine School Administrative District SAD 54 Superintendent Jon Moody sent to families Thursday morning.

The threat was reported at about 10 a.m. at Overman Academy at 78 Water St. in Skowhegan, a program of the Community Regional Charter School, Bucknam said. The threat was directed at a specific student, he said.

Bucknam said he advised that all schools in Skowhegan, including MSAD 54 schools, be placed on lock-out as a precaution. An MSAD 54 school in Canaan and one in Norridgewock also entered lock-out procedures.

The lock-out advisory was also extended to a group of students from Solon on a field trip at Spotlight Cinemas at The Strand at 19 Court St. in Skowhegan, Bucknam said.

Bucknam lifted the lock-out order after investigators from the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office located the teenager who is alleged to have made the threat. He was located after the investigators checked several locations where they believed the boy might have been in Albion, according to officials. Police said the teenager is not a student in Skowhegan.

A Skowhegan police officer and detective were on their way to Albion to investigate further at about 11:15 a.m. Thursday, when the lock-out was lifted, Bucknam said.

Police said they were not releasing the 16-year-old’s name because he is a minor. Bucknam said the youth was charged with one count of terrorizing, a Class C offense.

“We take every threat seriously and this type of behavior will not be tolerated by the Skowhegan Police Department, either real or fake weapons,” Bucknam said.