By A.J. O'CONNELL

STAMFORD — Stamford police arrested one Stamford High School student and anticipate the arrest of more teens suspected of involvement in last month's racist verbal attack on a 17-year-old black female student.

"We have several more warrants and we anticipate that those warrants will be signed," said Lt. Sean Cooney Wednesday.

He said those arrests probably won't occur until next week — the police department and state's attorney for juvenile matters plan to use voice recognition technology to identify the voices shouting racial slurs and death threats on 17-year-old Candace Owens' voicemail.

"For the first one, there was enough evidence to proceed without this technology," he said.

An unidentified outside agency has agreed to identify the voices for the police, said Cooney.

The first arrest took place on the day Owens returned to school after being tutored at home for more than a month. She left school in early February, after receiving the series of voicemails.

"It's nice to see something being done, finally," said Norm Pattis, the attorney for Owens family. "Unfortunately, it took some NAACP action to get the police to do their job."

Owens was escorted to school Monday morning by 10 members of the state NAACP, including president Scot Esdaile. Attorney Dawn Westbrook said that security guards escorted the senior from class to class. The NAACP was contacted last month by the Owens family, who felt the schools did nothing to punish four students who allegedly recorded the voicemails, including Mayor Dannel Malloy's 14-year-old son.

The mayor responded last week to allegations that his son was involved in the incident after one of the Owens' attorneys accused his son of being involved in the incident and threatened legal action against Malloy and the board of education.

"In response to questions I have received concerning the recently reported racial incident involving students from the Stamford public school system, I am today confirming that my son, who is 14 years old, has in fact cooperated fully with the Stamford Police Department in its investigation," said Malloy in a statement released last Thursday evening. "He has given a complete and voluntary report of all facts known or witnessed by him regarding the incident. His cooperation in the investigation has been given in the hopes that this matter might conclude in a timely manner."

Recordings of Owens' voicemails from Feb. 3, played by NAACP attorney Dawn Westbrook, contain two minutes of death threats, racial slurs and sexual epithets recorded by three or four male voices. In one message, the callers take turns making death threats. In another a single racial slur is repeated over and over.

"We don't even speak that word," said Westbrook. "It's been reduced to the "n-word," and nobody reaches for a dictionary when you say "the n-word." Everybody knows what that means."

The NAACP, said Westbrook, is concerned that the schools did nothing to punish or investigate the boys who allegedly left the message. Westbrook said Owens played the voicemails for the assistant principal, and was able to identify at least two of the voices on the message — she had an argument with one of the boys the week before.

According to Westbrook, that boy and other students at Stamford High admitted to making the calls.

"What the schools have done is absolutely nothing," she said.

While Owens, too uncomfortable to return to school, was tutored at home, the boys are still in school, she said.

In a letter sent home last week to the families of Stamford High students, Principal Suzanne Koroshetz denied that any student owned up to the voicemails.

"This is not true. No student has at any time admitted guilt or responsibility to a school official" stated the letter. "It is important to note that whenever a student engages in hate speech, the Stamford Public Schools will discipline the student to the fullest extent permitted by law."

Sarah Arnold, a spokesperson for the Stamford Public Schools, said school officials are waiting for the police investigation to conclude before beginning their own.

"When there is a police investigation, we are always asked to step back," said Arnold.

When the police investigation is complete, said Arnold, the school will step in.

"If there is a felony arrest by the police, we will initiate disciplinary proceedings and it could very well lead to expulsion," said Arnold.

Pattis says he may file suit "as soon as the dust settles."

"Who knows," he said. "Maybe the city of Stamford will do the right thing and I won't have to file. If not, we certainly know where to find them."